rumbustious
rumbustious adjective: synonym of rambunctious, boisterous and unruly.
Adjective
rumbustious (comparative more rumbustious, superlative most rumbustious)
- Synonym of rambunctious, boisterous and unruly.
- “Childer! Borne ’em I ’ave, an’ buried ’em I ’ave, but now I can’t seem to do wi’ their clatter no more—young things is that restless an’ rumbustious.”1912, Blanche Edith Baughan, “Red and Yellow and Ripe”, in Brown Bread from a Colonial Oven
- In the rumbustious atmosphere of the mania years, 1845 and 1846, this state of things gave rise to acrimony which both sides faced with confidence; but as the reaction set in during 1847, it seemed better to come to terms.1955 February, Michael Robbins, “A Railway Treaty: The Brighton and South Eastern Agreement of 1848”, in Railway Magazine, page 98
- Synonyms:
- rambunctious, boisterous and unruly
rumbustious meaning in Malayalam
rumbustious in Malayalam
- boisterous, animated, lively
- ബഹളമുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, പ്രചണ്ഡമായ, കോലഹലത്തോടെയുള്ള, ജീവത്തായ, ചുറുചുറുക്കോടെയുള്ള, ചുറുചുറുക്കുള്ള
Synonyms of rumbustious
- rambunctious
- boisterous and unruly
Forms of rumbustious
| comparative | more rumbustious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most rumbustious |
| alternative form | rambustious |
| alternative form | rumbumptious |
Origin of rumbustious
Uncertain but probably variation of robustious (“robust, large, noisy, violent”), from robust + -ious. Alternatively, from rum- (“nonsense syllable”) + bust + -ious.
Words formed from rumbustious
Questions about rumbustious
- What does rumbustious mean?
- Rumbustious means synonym of rambunctious, boisterous and unruly.
- What is rumbustious in Malayalam?
- Rumbustious in Malayalam is ബഹളമുണ്ടാക്കുന്ന, പ്രചണ്ഡമായ, കോലഹലത്തോടെയുള്ള. See Rumbustious meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is rumbustious?
- Rumbustious is an adjective.
Words near rumbustious in the dictionary
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