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Rowdy — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • hoodlum noun A violent or lawless young troublemaker; a small-time thug.
  • hooligan noun A violent or destructive troublemaker, especially one acting as part of a rowdy group.
  • mischief noun Playful behaviour that causes minor trouble or annoyance, without real malice.
  • rowdy adjective Loud, boisterous, and disorderly.
  • thug noun A violent, aggressive criminal, often acting as part of a gang.
  • troublemaker noun Someone who deliberately causes problems or stirs up conflict.
  • yob noun A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness.

Senses

Rowdy is used for these senses in English:

  • hoodlum A rough or violent youth.
  • hooligan (informal, attributive) A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group.
  • mischief (archaic, countable) A cause or agent of annoyance, harm or injury, especially a person who causes mischief.
  • rowdy (countable) A boisterous person; a brawler.
  • thug A violent, aggressive, or truculent person.
  • troublemaker One who causes trouble, especially one who does so deliberately.
  • yob (derogatory, chiefly, UK, Irish, Commonwealth, slang) A person who engages in antisocial behaviour or drunkenness.

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