rowdier; rowdiest
: coarse or boisterous in behavior : rough
also
: characterized by such behavior
rowdy local bars
Examples of rowdy in a Sentence
Adjective
a rowdy game of basketball
a rowdy but good-natured group of teenagers
Noun
rowdies had overtaken the neighborhood and were threatening people on the street
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Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2025
This much was clear at a live performance at the Nice Guy in Los Angeles just weeks before her album release — an eruption of playful but thunderous howls that felt more like a rowdy sports arena than an intimate performance.
—Tiana Denicola, Variety, 1 Aug. 2025
East Nash Grass Taking the main stage Friday evening, East Nash Grass rumbled through a rowdy set of high-octane bluegrass numbers.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025
On the first Saturday in August, federal and state elected officials and candidates will gather at a church picnic to meet with Western Kentucky constituents and skewer their opponents before an often rowdy crowd.
—Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 July 2025
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Adjective
The billboards could cheer on resistance efforts ongoing at Republican town-halls, where GOP incumbents are still having issues handling rowdy crowds.
—Ross O'Keefe, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2025
This much was clear at a live performance at the Nice Guy in Los Angeles just weeks before her album release — an eruption of playful but thunderous howls that felt more like a rowdy sports arena than an intimate performance.
—Tiana Denicola, Variety, 1 Aug. 2025
East Nash Grass Taking the main stage Friday evening, East Nash Grass rumbled through a rowdy set of high-octane bluegrass numbers.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025
On the first Saturday in August, federal and state elected officials and candidates will gather at a church picnic to meet with Western Kentucky constituents and skewer their opponents before an often rowdy crowd.
—Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 July 2025
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“Rowdy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rowdy. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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rowdy
1 of 2 adjective
row·dy
ˈrau̇d-ē 
rowdier; rowdiest
: rough or loud in behavior
rowdiness
noun
rowdy
2 of 2 noun
plural rowdies
: a rowdy person
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