Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging to or characteristic of a rowdy; characterized by or disposed to rowdyism: as, rowdyish conduct; rowdyish boys.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Resembling a rowdy in temper or conduct; characteristic of a rowdy.
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- adjective Resembling a
rowdy in temper or conduct; characteristic of a rowdy.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Far more than mature Jerry, was mature Michael playful and rowdyish.
CHAPTER IV 2010
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Amen! went up to heaven in ratification of the deed, mingled with a few hisses and wrathful exclamations from some who were evidently in a rowdyish state of mind, but who were at once cowed by the popular feeling.
Revolution Day 2008
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Amen! went up to heaven in ratification of the deed, mingled with a few hisses and wrathful exclamations from some who were evidently in a rowdyish state of mind, but who were at once cowed by the popular feeling.
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Amen! went up to heaven in ratification of the deed, mingled with a few hisses and wrathful exclamations from some who were evidently in a rowdyish state of mind, but who were at once cowed by the popular feeling.
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Amen! went up to heaven in ratification of the deed, mingled with a few hisses and wrathful exclamations from some who were evidently in a rowdyish state of mind, but who were at once cowed by the popular feeling.
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Ralph Touchett wandered away a little, with his usual slouching gait, his hands in his pockets and his little rowdyish terrier at his heels.
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They were a noisy, turbulent mob, cheered on by like rowdyish sympathizers lining the pavements.
Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail Allen Chapman
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Moreover, there was a rowdyish element of the population which was very hostile to them and everything connected with them, as Dr. Kahn had good cause to know.
Notable Women of Modern China Margaret E. Burton
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When they talk to me, and say I'm rowdyish because I walk fences and play ball with the boys and climb trees, I try not to show it, but it hurts me way deep down.
The Governess Julie Mathilde Lippmann
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The combativeness indicated by the form of the head was accentuated by the conspicuous jaw, the firm, thin-lipped mouth, and the closely cropped hair and beard, already fading into white; but there was nothing rough or rowdyish in his manner or appearance.
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
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