rowdyism

rowdyism
n
1. ruffianism, hooliganism, hood-lumism, blackguardism, vandalism; brutality, barbarity, barbarism, atrociousness, savageness, savagery, viciousness; malevolence, villainy, wrongdoing.
2. boisterousness, crudeness, crudity, rudeness, coarseness, vulgarity, commonness; maliciousness, de-structiveness, meanness; unruliness, disorderliness, misbehavior, misconduct; lawlessness, abandon, unrestraint.
3. mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness; knavery, knavishness, rascality, roguery; roughhouse, horseplay.
v
3. quarrel, squabble, altercate, spar, cross swords; argue, debate, dispute, bandy words, have words, Inf. pick a crow; disagree, differ, take exception to, contend, contest, make something of it, fall out, clash, be at odds, be at loggerheads; spat, tiff, Brit. Archaic. brangle, wrangle, bicker, Obs. brabble; fight, brawl, scuffle, tussle, struggle, Inf. scrap, battle, go at each other's throats.

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  • Rowdyism — Row dy*ism, n. the conduct of a rowdy. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rowdyism — rowdy ► ADJECTIVE (rowdier, rowdiest) ▪ noisy and disorderly. ► NOUN (pl. rowdies) ▪ a rowdy person. DERIVATIVES rowdily adverb rowdiness noun rowdyism noun …   English terms dictionary

  • rowdyism — noun Date: 1842 rowdy character or behavior …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • rowdyism — /row dee iz euhm/, n. rough, disorderly behavior. [1835 45, Amer.; ROWDY + ISM] * * * …   Universalium

  • rowdyism — noun The state of being rowdy …   Wiktionary

  • rowdyism — row·dy·ism || raÊŠdɪɪzm n. noisy and disorderly conduct, wild or unruly behavior …   English contemporary dictionary

  • rowdyism — row·dy·ism …   English syllables

  • rowdyism — row•dy•ism [[t]ˈraʊ diˌɪz əm[/t]] n. rough, disorderly behavior; rowdiness …   From formal English to slang

  • rowdyism — /ˈraʊdiɪzəm/ (say rowdeeizuhm) noun rowdy conduct …  

  • rowdyism — noun rowdy behavior • Syn: ↑rowdiness, ↑roughness, ↑disorderliness • Derivationally related forms: ↑disorderly (for: ↑disorderliness), ↑rough ( …   Useful english dictionary

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