rampageous

[ ram-pey-juhs ]

adjective

1. violent; unruly; boisterous.

Other Words From

• ram·pageous·ly adverb
• ram·pageous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of rampageous¹

First recorded in 1815–25; rampage + -ous

Example Sentences

"Curly's out, you know, and terribly big and rampageous!"

From Project Gutenberg

Oh, do hark to those children's voices; what rampageous, excitable creatures they are.

From Project Gutenberg

In their hearts were only the most prosaic thoughts of dainty little sandwiches and stuffed olives, with an undernote of healthy happiness and rampageous good spirits.

From Project Gutenberg

In front of his desk sits a scale model of the animal that barged its way onstage during his rampageous 2007 production of Ionesco's Rhinoceros; next to it is a memento from Jerusalem.

From The Guardian

The proposal had an immediately mollifying effect on the rampageous visitor.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• agitated
• fierce
• intense
• intensified
• raging
• vehement
• violent