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Boisterousness
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bullying, intimidation |
| Synonyms: | bluff, boasting, boisterousness, bombast, braggadocio, bragging, bravado, crowing, rabidity, rampancy, swagger, swaggering |
| Main Entry: | noise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sound that is loud or not harmonious |
| Synonyms: | babble, babel, bang, bedlam, bellow, bewailing, blare, blast, boisterousness, boom, buzz, cacophony, caterwauling, clamor, clang, clatter, commotion, crash, cry, detonation, din, discord, disquiet, disquietude, drumming, eruption, explosion, fanfare, fireworks, fracas*, fuss*, hoo-ha, hubbub, hullabaloo*, jangle, lamentation, outcry, pandemonium, peal, racket, ring, roar, row, shot, shouting, sonance, squawk, stridency, talk, thud, tumult, turbulence, uproar, uproariousness, yelling, yelp |
| Antonyms: | silence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | riot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very funny happening |
| Synonyms: | boisterousness, carousal, confusion, excess, extravaganza, festivity, flourish, frolic, high jinks, howl*, jollification, lark, merrymaking, panic*, revelry, romp, scream*, sensation, show, sidesplitter, skylark, smash*, splash*, tumult, uproar, wow* |
| Antonyms: | seriousness, solemnity |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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