rambunctious

/ræm'bʌɳkʃəs/

Thân thiện

A group of rambunctious children play in the park.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Noisy, energetic, and difficult to control: Describes a person, group, or activity that is very lively, boisterous, and unrestrained, often in a cheerful but disruptive way.
   • Unruly or rowdy: Suggests a lack of discipline or restraint, leading to chaotic or wild behavior.

Usage

The word "rambunctious" is used to describe people, especially children or young people, or events that are full of loud, exuberant, and uncontrolled energy. It often carries a slightly negative connotation of being disruptive or hard to manage, but can also imply a positive, spirited vitality. It is more common in American English.

Examples

• The rambunctious children ran through the house, laughing and shouting.
• After the team's victory, the rambunctious fans spilled into the streets to celebrate.
• It's hard to have a serious conversation at such a rambunctious party.
• The teacher struggled to calm her rambunctious class after recess.

Advanced Usage

• "to be in a rambunctious mood": to be feeling particularly lively and unrestrained.
  • The puppies were in a rambunctious mood, chasing each other all over the yard.
• Used to describe forces of nature or abstract concepts metaphorically.
  • The rambunctious waves crashed against the shore during the storm.

Variants and Related Words

• Rumbustious (adj): A chiefly British variant with the same meaning as "rambunctious."
  • He has a rumbustious sense of humor.
• Boisterous (adj): Very similar in meaning, emphasizing noisy, energetic, and cheerful behavior.
• Unruly (adj): Difficult to control or discipline, a key component of being rambunctious.

Synonyms

• Boisterous: Noisy, energetic, and cheerful.
• Rowdy: Noisy and disorderly.
• Unruly: Disobedient and difficult to control.
• Exuberant: Filled with lively energy and excitement.

Antonyms

• Quiet: Making little or no noise.
• Calm: Not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions.
• Docile: Ready to accept control or instruction; submissive.
• Orderly: Neatly and methodically arranged.

Idioms and Phrases

While "rambunctious" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it describes the state conveyed by phrases like: - "To be full of beans": To be very lively and energetic. - "To raise Cain": To create a noisy disturbance or trouble.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. noisy and lacking in restraint or discipline
   • a boisterous crowd
   • a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand
   • a robustious group of teenagers
   • beneath the rumbustious surface of his paintings is sympathy for the vulnerability of ordinary human beings
   • an unruly class

Từ đồng nghĩa

• boisterous
• robustious
• rumbustious
• unruly