ETYM Old Eng. boistous; of uncertain origin; cf. W. bwyst wild, savage, wildness, ferocity, bwystus ferocious.
1. Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; SYN. knockabout.
2. Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; SYN. rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly.
3. Violently agitated and turbulent; SYN. fierce, rough.
1. Exasperatingly difficult to handle or circumvent; SYN. tight.
2. Offensive or even (of persons) malicious; SYN. awful.
(Homonym: ruff).
1. Having or caused by an irregular surface; SYN. unsmooth.
2. Not perfected.
3. (Of persons or behavior) Lacking refinement or finesse; physically aggressive.
4. (Botany) Of the margin of a leaf shape; having the edge cut or fringed or scalloped.
Stormy; threatening to storm
1. Characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain
2. Characterized by short periods of noisy commotion; SYN. squalling.
1. Characterized by violent emotions or behavior
2. (Especially of weather) Affected or characterized by storms or commotion
ETYM Latin tempestuous: cf. Old Fren. tempestueux, French tempętueux.
Of or pertaining to a tempest; involving or resembling a tempest; turbulent.
ETYM Latin tumultuosus: cf. French tumultueux.
1. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent.
2. Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly.
3. Agitated, as with conflicting passions; disturbed.
4. Turbulent; violent; SYN. Disorderly; irregular; noisy; confused; turbulent; violent; agitated; disturbed; boisterous; lawless; riotous; seditious.
ETYM Latin turbulentus, from turba disorder, tumult: cf. French turbulent. Related to Turbid.
1. Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion.
2. Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory.
3. Producing commotion; disturbing; exciting.
1. In a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; SYN. untamed.
2. In a state of extreme emotion
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3. Not subjected to control or restraint
4. Marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
5. Deviating widely from an intended course
6. Produced without being planted or without human labor; SYN. natural, spontaneous.