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boisterous
adjective
Violently agitated and turbulent
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ˈbɔɪstəɹəs
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adjective
Violently agitated and turbulent
“Boisterous winds and waves”
adjective
Noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
“A boisterous crowd”
adjective
Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits
“Boisterous practical jokes”
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Boisterous winds and waves
{'source': 'Ezra Pound', 'text': 'the fierce thunders roar me their music'}
Rough weather
Rough seas
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
Boisterous practical jokes
Knockabout comedy
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