Hyphenation of boisterous

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word boisterous? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

bois-ter-ous

Definitions of boisterous:

1.	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
2.	Full of rough and exuberant animal spirits Boisterous practical jokes Knockabout comedy
3.	Violently agitated and turbulent Boisterous winds and waves The fierce thunders roar me their music- Ezra Pound Rough weather Rough seas

Synonyms of boisterous:

adj	rambunctious, robustious, rumbustious, unruly, disorderly
adj	knockabout, spirited
adj	fierce, rough, stormy

Last hyphenations of this language

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