adjective
boisterous
BOY-ster-uhs/ˈbɔɪstərəs/
Noisy, energetic, and often unruly.
The boisterous celebration tips a cup as the players jostle and cheer.
Etymology
Middle English boistous expressed roughness and violence. Applied to people, its descendant softened from turbulent, clamorous behavior to the rough but often good-natured energy now called boisterous.
In context
it's very like loud and boisterous and as beautiful as a party
More examples
- A boisterous game spilled into the hallway.
- The children became boisterous after the long bus ride.
- Their boisterous celebration woke the neighbors.
Forms
boisterous · more boisterous · most boisterous
boisterously adverb — in a noisy energetic way
Similar words
- lively
- Lively is energetic; boisterous adds noisiness or rowdiness.
- rowdy
- Rowdy emphasizes unruly behavior; boisterous can describe harmless exuberance.