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adj. full of rough and exuberant animal spirits; "boisterous practical jokes"; "knockabout comedy"

adj. aggressively noisy: "obstreperous children"

adj. violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"

boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly

adj. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class"

booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving

adj. very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"

boisterous, rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly

adj. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline; "a boisterous crowd"; "a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand"; "a robustious group of teenagers"; "beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings"; "an unruly class"

disruptive, riotous, troubled, tumultuous, turbulent

adj. characterized by unrest or disorder or insubordination; "effects of the struggle will be violent and disruptive"; "riotous times"; "these troubled areas"; "the tumultuous years of his administration"; "a turbulent and unruly childhood"

ruffianly, tough

adj. violent and lawless; "the more ruffianly element"; "tough street gangs"

agitated

adj. troubled emotionally and usually deeply; "agitated parents"

hyperactive, overactive

adj. more active than normal; "a hyperactive child"

loud

adj. characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones"

boisterous, fierce, rough

adj. violently agitated and turbulent; "boisterous winds and waves"; "the fierce thunders roar me their music"- Ezra Pound; "rough weather"; "rough seas"

booming, flourishing, palmy, prospering, prosperous, roaring, thriving

adj. very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"

rackety, rip-roaring, uproarious

adj. uncontrollably noisy

resilient

adj. recovering readily from adversity, depression, or the like

dashing, gallant

adj. lively and spirited; "a dashing hero"

ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited

adj. joyously unrestrained

feisty, plucky, spunky

adj. showing courage; "the champion is faced with a feisty challenger"

hoyden, hoydenish, tomboyish

adj. used of girls; wild and boisterous

impertinent, irreverent, pert, saucy

adj. characterized by a lightly pert and exuberant quality; "a certain irreverent gaiety and ease of manner"

sprightly

adj. full of spirit and vitality; "a sprightly young girl"; "a sprightly dance"

mettlesome

adj. having a proud and unbroken spirit

snappy, whipping

adj. smart and fashionable; "snappy conversation"; "some sharp and whipping lines"

vibrant

adj. of colors that are bright and striking

zestful, yeasty, zesty, barmy

adj. marked by spirited enjoyment

blatant, clamant, clamorous, strident, vociferous

adj. conspicuously and offensively loud; given to vehement outcry; "blatant radios"; "a clamorous uproar"; "strident demands"; "a vociferous mob"

abuzz, buzzing

adj. noisy like the sound of a bee; "the room was abuzz over the latest scandal"

clangorous, clanging

adj. having a loud resonant metallic sound; "the clangorous locomotive works"; "a clanging gong"

clattery

adj. a rattling sound as of hard things striking together; "a clattery typewriter"; "the clattery sound of dishes"

clinking

adj. like the light sharp ringing sound of glasses being tapped

crackling, snapping

adj. having a series of sharp noises as of a wood fire burning: "wished to get out of hearing of the crackling shots"

creaky, screaky

adj. having a rasping or grating sound; "creaky stairs"

hissing

adj. like a sustained `s': "`hissing' is the sound a snake makes"

jingling, jingly

adj. having a series of high-pitched ringing sounds like many small bells; "jingling sleigh bells"

rackety, rip-roaring, uproarious

adj. uncontrollably noisy

reedy, wheezy

adj. having a tone of a reed instrument

stertorous

adj. of breathing having a heavy snoring sound

swishy

adj. resembling a sustained `sh' or soft whistle; "swishing windshield wipers"; "a swishy skirt"

tinkling, tinkly

adj. like the short high ringing sound of a small bell; "sounding brass and a tinkling cymbal"

tinny

adj. thin and metallic in sound; lacking resonance; "an unpleasant tinny voice"

whining

adj. long and high-pitched like a whine or plaintive crying

whirring

adj. like the sound of rapidly vibrating wings

angry, furious, raging, tempestuous, wild

adj. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"

billowy, billowing(a), surging

adj. characterized by great swelling waves or surges; "billowy storm clouds"; "the restless billowing sea"; "surging waves"

gusty, puffy

adj. blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts; "puffy off-shore winds"; "gusty winds "

windy

adj. resembling the wind in speed, force, or variability; "a windy dash home"

choppy

adj. rough with small waves; "choppy seas"

squally

adj. characterized by brief periods of violent wind or rain; "a grey squally morning"

thundery

adj. accompanied with thunder

raucous, rowdy

adj. disturbing the public peace; loud and rough; "a raucous party"; "rowdy teenagers"

messy, mussy

adj. dirty and disorderly; "a mussy fussy bedroom"; "a child's messy eating habits"

disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, topsy-turvy

adj. in utter disorder; "a disorderly pile of clothes"

rough-and-tumble, bare-knuckle, bare-knuckled

adj. characterized by disorderly action and disregard for rules; "a rough-and-tumble fight"; "rough-and-tumble politics"; "undisguised bare-knuckle capitalism"

quiet

adj. free of noise or uproar; or making little if any sound; "a quiet audience at the concert"; "the room was dark and quiet"

calm

adj. (of weather) free from storm or wind; "calm seas"

fine, halcyon

adj. "June's halcyon weather"; "a fine day"

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