Definition of Rowdiness

1. Noun. Rowdy behavior.

Exact synonyms: Disorderliness, Roughness, Rowdyism
Generic synonyms: Disorder
Derivative terms: Disorderly, Rough, Rough, Rowdy

Definition of Rowdiness

1. Noun. The state of being rowdy ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rowdiness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rowdiness

rowable
rowan
rowan tree
rowanberries
rowanberry
rowans
rowboat
rowboats
rowdedow
rowdedows
rowdie
rowdier
rowdies
rowdiest
rowdily
rowdiness
rowdinesses
rowdy
rowdydow
rowdydowdy
rowdydows
rowdyish
rowdyism
rowdyisms
rowed
roweite
rowel
roweled
roweling
rowelled

Literary usage of Rowdiness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dwight's Journal of Music: A Paper of Art and Literature by John Sullivan Dwight (1859)
"Where rowdiness is rife, there do the Sax-horns bray the loudest. Their effect upon the musical sense, as well as on the moral, is to trample underfoot and ..."

2. Australia and New Zealand by Anthony Trollope (1873)
"majorities, popular instincts, and general rowdiness, is already in full force at Ballaarat, ... The dishonesty, the folly, and the rowdiness are but the ..."

3. Australia and New Zealand by Anthony Trollope (1876)
"I myself believe in cities,—even though there should be place in them for dishonest ambition, short-sighted policy, and rowdiness. The dishonesty, the folly ..."

4. Heretics by Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1905)
"Let no man deceive himself; if by vulgarity we mean coarseness of speech, rowdiness of behaviour, gossip, horseplay, and some heavy drinking ..."

5. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1867)
"Religion in America, asserts Mr. Trollope, is characterized by a certain rowdiness. Religion in England, declares Mr. Emerson, is torpid and slavish. ..."

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