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Meaning of "rumbustious" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RUMBUSTIOUS

Probably a variant of robustious.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RUMBUSTIOUS

rumbustious  [rʌmˈbʌstjəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RUMBUSTIOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Rumbustious is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RUMBUSTIOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of rumbustious in the English dictionary

The definition of rumbustious in the dictionary is boisterous or unruly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RUMBUSTIOUS


atrabilious
ˌætrəˈbɪljəs
ingenious
ɪnˈdʒiːnjəs
Junius
ˈdʒuːnjəs
maatjes
ˈmɑːtjəs
rebellious
rɪˈbɛljəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RUMBUSTIOUS

rumba
rumbelow
rumble
rumble seat
rumble strip
rumblegumption
rumbler
rumbling
rumblingly
rumbly
rumbo
rumbullion
rumbunctious
rumbustical
rumbustiously
rumbustiousness
Rumelia
rumen
Rumford
rumfustian

WORDS THAT END LIKE RUMBUSTIOUS

ambitious
cautious
conscientious
contentious
delicious
expeditious
facetious
factitious
fictitious
flirtatious
infectious
nutritious
ostentatious
pretentious
rambunctious
scrumptious
superstitious
tendentious
tortious
unambitious
unpretentious

Synonyms and antonyms of rumbustious in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RUMBUSTIOUS»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «rumbustious» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of rumbustious

Translation of «rumbustious» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RUMBUSTIOUS

Find out the translation of rumbustious to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of rumbustious from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «rumbustious» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

喧闹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

rumbustious
570 millions of speakers

English

rumbustious
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

rumbustious
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

rumbustious
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

rumbustious
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

rumbustious
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হৈচৈপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

exubérant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Rumbustious
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

rumbustious
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

rumbustious
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

rumbustious
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Rumbustious
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

huyên náo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

rumbustious
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आरडाओरडी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

taşkın
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

scatenato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rumbustious
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

rumbustious
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rumbustious
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

rumbustious
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

luidruchtig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

rumbustious
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

rumbustious
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of rumbustious

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RUMBUSTIOUS»

The term «rumbustious» is normally little used and occupies the 144.384 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RUMBUSTIOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «rumbustious» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «rumbustious» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about rumbustious

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RUMBUSTIOUS»

Discover the use of rumbustious in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to rumbustious and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Rumbustious Faith
There are many examples in this book of others who took the challenge and defeated their Giants (Goliaths). Faith is an action word. Rumbustious faith is an unruly and uncontrollably act, it's an aggressive step toward victory.
Katherine C. Tulloch, 2010
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Aunt Judy's Annual Volume
[Atari]. — Seeks to converse with you on matters pressing. Queen. Then go and tell him that the queen is dressing, And he must wait. Rumbustious. But he is on his way. Queen. Then he outside the door will have to stay Till I am ready. [Starts.
‎1867
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How to Sound Clever: Master the 600 English Words You ...
(adj.) = out of control from the Icelandic, ram- (an intensifying prefix), and bunctious: bumptious (which means 'selfassertive to an irritating degree') e.g. Frank Sinatra was a hell-raiser who was famed for his rumbustious comportment  ...
Hubert van den Bergh, 2010
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New Oxford Rhyming Dictionary
rumbustious 28.24 ruminant 30.56 ruminate 30.13 rumly 4.26 rummage 20.7 rummagér 12.35 rummer 12.52 rummy 4.30 rumnéss 28.29 rumor 12.52 rumour 12.52 rump 27.17 rumple 23.35 rumply 4.27 rumpus 28.30 rumpy-pumpy 4.37 run ...
‎2012
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Diggers, Hatters, Whores: The New Zealand Gold Rushes
This is a first u a thorough and carefully researched history of the gold rushes in New Zealand u and it establishes a benchmark for future work on the history of the gold rushes.
Stevan Eldred-Grigg, 2008
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Small Group Research: Basic Issues
Testosterone (as related to being well-behaved or rumbustious) Dabbs, Hargrove , and Heusel (1996) measured salivary testosterone (TE) levels among members of fraternities at two universities. Descriptions of the fraternities were obtained ...
‎2008
7
The Oxford Book of French Short Stories
This collection of French short stories in translation expands our idea of French writing by including new stories by women writers and by authors of Francophone origin.
Elizabeth Fallaize, 2002
8
Planet Dog: A Doglopedia
14. Prestigious. All-Breed. Conformation. Dog. Shows. *. Rambunctious,. rumbustious,. delinquent. dogs. become. angelic. when. sitting. *. —DR. IAN. dunbar. Who's Who at the Dog Show What the Judges Look ...
Sandra Choron, Harry Choron, 2005
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Playgoing in Shakespeare's London
... and that Lyly died in penury is perhaps as much a measure of the strength of the competition as of Lyly's hazardous gamble. (B) TARLTON'S FOLLOWERS ( 1576-88) 'Rumbustious popularism' is a term which, The first paying playgoers 125.
Andrew Gurr, 1996
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As She Likes It: Shakespeare's Unruly Women
the frame of aesthetically pleasing pictorial composition is, like playing the piece as 'rumbustious farce', simply a way of deadening its power to offend.Moreover, as Graham Holderness points out apropos Barton's 1960production, the ...
Penny Gay, 2002

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RUMBUSTIOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term rumbustious is used in the context of the following news items.
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Santana review – defiantly contemporary Latin fusion
The opening Soul Sacrifice, from 1969, gets its full 10 rumbustious minutes, and leads into a breathless 2003 Brazilian dancehall cover, Saideira. The 1999 ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Clark praises local government in contrast to 'rumbustious' Pickles
He promised to be a 'tireless advocate' for local government, admitting his predecessor Eric Pickles had a 'rumbustious relationship' with the sector. «LocalGov, Jul 15»
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Clark pledges intelligent settlement in break with 'rumbustious' Pickles
Communities secretary Greg Clark has pledged to argue for the “most reasonable” and “intelligent” financial settlement he can get. The pledge came in Mr ... «Local Government Chronicle, Jul 15»
4
Developer greed puts our capital at risk big time
Diverse, rumbustious, surprising, a breath-taking mix of the old and new. Few can match its sheer rush at life. I lived there in the 80s when it was none of these ... «The Argus, Jul 15»
5
Rough Guide to Great Britain hails 'rumbustious' Cardiff
Evenings in Cardiff are 'rumbustious' and the city has 'one of the best live music scenes in the UK'. We won't argue with that. Special mentions go to the ... «WalesOnline, Jun 15»
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Liam Noble & Myra Melford, Vortex Jazz Club, London — review
The highlight of his performance was a rumbustious reading of Joe Zawinul's “Directions”, originally recorded by Miles Davis as an experiment in full-on jazz ... «Financial Times, Apr 15»
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Steffani: Niobe, Regina di Tebe, review: 'rumbustious'
Drawn from Ovid's Metamorphoses, it consists of more than 50 short arias and a few duets, as well as some splendidly rumbustious orchestral episodes, ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Apr 15»
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Duke of Rutland's party daughters at war with neighbours
The Duke's 21-year-old eldest daughter, Lady Violet Manners, has received a letter chronicling her rumbustious lifestyle and how it is upsetting residents in the ... «Daily Mail, Feb 15»
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Whatever happened to the 'best room'?
More often than not in these rumbustious households, the other rooms were bombsites, but the best room was an oasis of Pledge-scented order and Anaglypta ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jan 15»
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Carmen, Théâtre du Rond-Point, Paris — review
The 16-strong ensemble fills the stage of the Théâtre du Rond-Point with rumbustious energy, whistling and shouting through the group scenes. «Financial Times, Dec 14»

REFERENCE
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