adj
Meaning 1
Loud and disorderly; riotous; boisterous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: unruly, disorderly
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rowdy
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹaʊ̯di/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Canada, General-American: /ˈɹaʊ̯di/
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Canada, General-American: [ˈɹaʊ̯ɾi]
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Texas: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈɹæɔ̯di/
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Australian, New-Zealand: [ˈɹæɔ̯ɾi]
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rhymes with -aʊdi
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CMU ARPABET: R AW1 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A boisterous person; a brawler.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
money; ready money.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, slang, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
disturbing the public peace; loud and rough
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a raucous party
- rowdy teenagers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: raucous
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a cruel and brutal fellow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: bully, tough, hooligan, ruffian, roughneck, yob, yobo, yobbo
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
Narrower terms: bullyboy, muscleman, muscle, skinhead, tough guy, plug-ugly
History
Etymology
Possibly from row (“noisy argument”), originally used as a noun.
Across languages
Translations
46 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: груб (grub) — rough and disorderly
- Bulgarian: свадлив (svadliv) — rough and disorderly
- Cherokee: ᏄᏁᎸᎾ (nunelvna) — rough and disorderly
- Chinese Mandarin: 鬧哄哄 /闹哄哄 (nào-hōnghōng) — rough and disorderly
- French: chahuteur — rough and disorderly
- German: polternd — rough and disorderly
- German: ungestüm — rough and disorderly
- German: aufrührerisch — rough and disorderly
- German: ungeschlacht — rough and disorderly
- Hungarian: balhés — rough and disorderly
- Hungarian: verekedős — rough and disorderly
- Hungarian: zavargó — rough and disorderly
- Hungarian: garázda — rough and disorderly
- Italian: chiassoso — rough and disorderly
- Jamaican Creole: wild — rough and disorderly
- Māori: tīhoihoi — rough and disorderly
- Māori: turituri — rough and disorderly
- Norwegian: utagerende — rough and disorderly
- Polish: awanturniczy — rough and disorderly
- Russian: бу́йный (bújnyj) — rough and disorderly
- Swedish: stökig — rough and disorderly
- Bulgarian: грубиян (grubijan) — boisterous person
- Chinese Mandarin: 鬧事者 /闹事者 (nàoshìzhě) — boisterous person
- Czech: výtržník — boisterous person
- Danish: ballademager — boisterous person
- Finnish: öykkäri — boisterous person
- Finnish: tappelupukari — boisterous person
- German: Rowdy — boisterous person
- German: Randalierer — boisterous person
- German: Hooligan — boisterous person
- German: Schläger — boisterous person
- German: Unruhestifter — boisterous person
- German: Polterer — boisterous person
- German: Energiebündel — boisterous person
- German: Krakeeler — boisterous person
- Hungarian: huligán — boisterous person
- Hungarian: suhanc — boisterous person
- Hungarian: balhés alak — boisterous person
- Japanese: あばれんぼう (abarenbō) — boisterous person
- Romanian: scandalagiu — boisterous person
- Romanian: huligan — boisterous person
- Russian: буя́н (buján) — boisterous person
- Russian: хулига́н (xuligán) — boisterous person
- Swedish: bråkmakare — boisterous person
- Swedish: bråkstake — boisterous person
- Tamil: ரவுடி (ravuṭi) — boisterous person
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