Antonyms for rowdiness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : rou-dee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈraʊ di

Definition of rowdiness

Origin : "a rough, quarrelsome person," 1808, American English, originally "lawless backwoodsman," probably from row (n.2). The adjective is first recorded 1819. Related: Rowdily; rowdiness.

As in prank : noun practical joke; frivolity
As in disorderly conduct : noun disturbance caused by a minor legal offense
As in roughhouse : noun roughness
As in disorderliness : noun unruliness
As in fractiousness : noun unruliness
As in shenanigan : noun prank
As in fooling : noun joking, tricks
As in horseplay : noun rough play

Example sentences :

Even in the relapse into rowdiness there is a sort of relapse into comfort.
Extract from : « What I Saw in America » by G. K. Chesterton

Valletta is well policed; rowdiness does not obtrude itself upon the stranger.
Extract from : « The Story of Malta » by Maturin M. Ballou

He is averse to rowdiness or horse-play of any kind, and avoids giving offence.
Extract from : « The Inhabitants of the Philippines » by Frederic H. Sawyer

Such establishments could not continue to exist if rowdiness and horseplay were permitted without protest.
Extract from : « The Daughters of a Genius » by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey

There was no flaunting vice, no rowdiness, no drunkenness, only the squalor of an Oriental city without its quaintness and colour.
Extract from : « The Grandchildren of the Ghetto » by Israel Zangwill

It does not come in their way to go forth and exhibit their rowdiness among strangers.
Extract from : « Travelling Sketches. » by Anthony Trollope

At times there were manifestations of rowdiness, but they were speedily and readily quelled.
Extract from : « Sixteen Months in Four German Prisons » by Henry Charles Mahoney

Synonyms for rowdiness

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