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ro·bus·tious

(rō-bŭs′chəs)

adj.

1. Vigorous or energetic, especially in a rough or noisy way: a robustious group of teenagers.

2. Coarse or crude: a robustious comedy.

ro·bus′tious·ly adv.

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robustious

(rəʊˈbʌstʃəs)

adj

1. rough; boisterous

2. strong, robust, or stout

roˈbustiously adv

roˈbustiousness n

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ro•bus•tious

(roʊˈbʌs tʃəs)

adj.

1. rough, rude, or boisterous.

2. robust, strong, or stout.

[1540–50]

ro•bus′tious•ly, adv.

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Adj.

robustious - 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"

boisterous, rambunctious, rumbustious, unruly

disorderly - undisciplined and unruly; "disorderly youths"; "disorderly conduct"

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