rowdy

rowdy
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1. ruffian, tough, Inf. toughie, thug, mugger, hoodlum, Sl. hood, Sl. yap, Inf. plugugly, Inf. goon, hooligan, Chiefly Brit. rough, Inf. roughneck, Inf. baddy, Sl. bad actor, Sl. gunsel, Sl. mug, Australian Sl. larrikin, Brit. Hist. Mohock, (in Paris) apache; terrorist, desperado, gangster, mobster, racketeer, ma-fioso.
2. brute, bully, brawler, barbarian; savage, vandal, yahoo, Sl. ugly customer; scoundrel, knave, wretch, Archaic. caitiff; blackguard, villain, hellhound, fiend; rascal, rapscallion, scamp.
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3. disorderly, unruly, rowdyish; unrestrained, abandoned, lawless, libertarian, licentious; rough, coarse, crude, loud, unrefined; barbarous, brutish, savage, vicious, atrocious; roguish, rascally, mischievous.
4. blackguardly, villainous, contemptible, despicable, scurvy, mean, shameful; evil, sinister, unprincipled, corrupt, depraved, reprobate, iniquitous, malicious, nefarious, flagitious; disreputable, raffish, rakish, opprobrious, discreditable; criminal, felonious, fiendish, demonic, demoniacal, devilish.
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1. ruffian, tough, Inf. toughie, thug, mugger, hoodlum, Sl. hood, Sl. yap, Inf. plugugly, Inf. gon, hooligan, Chiefly Brit. rough, Inf. roughneck, Inf. baddy, Sl. bad actor, Sl. gunsel, Sl. mug, Australian Sl. larrikin, Brit. Hist. Mohock, (in Paris) apache; terrorist, desperado, gangster, mobster, racketeer, ma-fioso.
2. brute, bully, brawler, barbarian; savage, vandal, yahoo, Sl. ugly customer; scoundrel, knave, wretch, Archaic. caitiff; blackguard, villain, hellhound, fiend; rascal, rapscallion, scamp.
adj
3. disorderly, unruly, rowdyish; unrestrained, abandoned, lawless, libertarian, licentious; rough, coarse, crude, loud, unrefined; barbarous, brutish, savage, vicious, atrocious; roguish, rascally, mischievous.

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