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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disobedient |
| Synonyms: | assertive, bawdy, disorderly, drunken, forward, fractious, headstrong, heedless, impervious, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incorrigible, inexorable, insubordinate, intemperate, intractable, lawless, mean, mutinous, obstreperous, opinionated, ornery, out of control, out of line, perverse, quarrelsome, rash, rebellious, recalcitrant, reckless, refractory, restive, riotous, rowdy, turbulent, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unyielding, violent, wayward, wild, willful |
| Antonyms: | compliant, obedient, yielding |
| Main Entry: | roughneck |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tough person |
| Synonyms: | bully, hood, punk, rowdy, ruffian, tough |
| Main Entry: | tumultuous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | confused |
| Synonyms: | agitated, boisterous, clamorous, disorderly, disturbed, excited, fierce, hectic, irregular, lawless, noisy, obstreperous, passionate, raging, rambunctious, raucous, restless, riotous, rowdy, rowdydowdy, rumbustious, stormy, termagant, turbulent, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, violent, vociferous, wild |
| Notes: | tumult applies only to people, while turmoil is confusion and agitation for people and things; tumultuous can describe things and people |
| Antonyms: | calm, orderly, peaceful |
| Main Entry: | malefactor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | criminal |
| Synonyms: | bad egg, black sheep, con, convict, culprit, delinquent, evildoer, felon, hellhound, hoodlum, jailbird, lawbreaker, outcast, outlaw, prisoner, rapscallion, rascal, rogue, rounder, rowdy*, ruffian, scamp, scoundrel, sinner, thug, transgressor, varlet, villain, wretch, wrongdoer |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hoodlum |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crook |
| Synonyms: | bully, criminal, delinquent, gangster, goon, gorilla, hooligan, larrikin, mobster, punk, rowdy, ruffian, thug |
| Main Entry: | indocile |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | unruly |
| Synonyms: | assertive, bawdy, disorderly, drunken, forward, fractious, headstrong, heedless, impervious, impetuous, imprudent, impulsive, incorrigible, inexorable, insubordinate, intemperate, intractable, lawless, mean, mutinous, obstinate, obstreperous, opinionated, ornery*, out of control, out of line, perverse, quarrelsome, rash, rebellious, recalcitrant, reckless, refractory, restive, riotous, rowdy, turbulent, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, untoward, unyielding, violent, wayward, wild, willful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | intimidator |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bully |
| Synonyms: | annoyer, antagonizer, browbeater, bulldozer, coercer, harrier, hector, insolent, oppressor, persecutor, pest, rascal, rowdy, ruffian, tease, tormenter, tough* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | knockabout |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rough |
| Synonyms: | coarse, crass, crude, hard, mean, nasty, raw, rough-and-tumble, rowdy, rugged, strenuous, tough*, unpolished, unrefined |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | roaring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | loud |
| Synonyms: | big*, blaring, blatant, blustering, boisterous, booming, cacophonous, clamorous, crashing, deafening, deep, ear-piercing, ear-splitting, earsplitting, emphatic, forte, full, full-mouthed, fulminating, heavy*, high-sounding, intense, loud-voiced, lusty, obstreperous, pealing, piercing, powerful, rambunctious, raucous, resonant, resounding, ringing, rowdy, sonorous, stentorian, strident, strong, thundering, tumultuous, turbulent, turned up, uproarious, vehement, vociferous, wakes the dead |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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