Rumbustious and Sober

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Rumbustious adjective - Being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way.

Usage example: while American university debates tend to be sedate affairs, their counterparts in Oxford are wholeheartedly rumbustious

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Sober is an antonym for rumbustious.

Sober adjective - Not having one's mind affected by alcohol.

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Rumbustious is an antonym for sober.

Nearby Words: soberly, soberness, sobering, sobered

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