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Adjective: rowdy (rowdier,rowdiest)  raw-dee
  1. Disturbing the public peace; loud and rough
    "rowdy teenagers";
    - raucous
Noun: rowdy  raw-dee
  1. An uncultured, aggressive, rude, noisy troublemaker
    - bully, tough [informal], hooligan, ruffian, roughneck [informal], yob [Brit, informal], yobo [Brit, informal], yobbo [Brit, informal], ned [UK, informal], scally [UK, informal]

Derived forms: rowdier, rowdies, rowdiest

See also: disorderly

Type of: aggressor, assailant, assailer, assaulter, attacker

Encyclopedia: Rowdy