rambunctious

English

Alternative forms

rambunxious (rare)

Etymology

Possibly alteration of rumbustious.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹæmˈbʌŋkʃəs/
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Adjective

rambunctious (comparative more rambunctious, superlative most rambunctious)

(informal, chiefly Canada, US) Energetic, noisy, boisterous and difficult to control.
The kids are being especially rambunctious today.
- 2002, Jeffrey Rowland, WIGU Adventures
  Mrs. Tinkle, your son’s rambunctious behavior is quite common in children with unusually high intelligence levels.

Translations

energetic and difficult to control

Chinese:
Mandarin: 粗暴 (zh) (cūbào)
Dutch: onstuimig (nl), wild (nl)
Finnish: vallaton (fi)
French: turbulent (fr)
German: wild (de)
Japanese: 手に負えない (ja) (てにおえない, te ni oenai), 始末に負えない (しまつにおえない, shimatsu ni oenai)

Korean: 난폭한 (nanpokhan)
Latin: strepitosus
Romanian: zbanghiu (ro), exuberant (ro), neastâmpărat (ro)
Russian: бу́йный (ru) (bújnyj), бу́рный (ru) (búrnyj), непоко́рный (ru) (nepokórnyj), непокла́дистый (ru) (nepokládistyj), непослу́шный (ru) (neposlúšnyj)
Spanish: estrepitoso (es)
Swedish: bångstyrig (sv), oregerlig (sv)

See also

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