Rumbustious and Temperate

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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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Temperate is an antonym for rumbustious.

Temperate adjective - Avoiding extremes in behavior or expression.

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Rumbustious is an antonym for temperate.

Nearby Word: temper

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