Rambunctious

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–adjective 

1. difficult to control 

or 

handle; wildly boisterous: a rambunctious child.  



2. turbulently active and noisy: a social gathering that became rambunctious and out of hand.



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rambunctious (adj.) 

 

meaning "boisterous, loud, disorderly, wild, and unruly," is Standard English: She’s a rambunctious young woman, not easily broken to the harness of office work.





　

Linklater's sensibility is far gentler, however, and his generosity extends not only to Don, who becomes progressively upset by what he learns, and the few-alternative illegals, but to such other characters as Amber (Ashley Johnson), a high schooler too bright to remain stuck as a cashier at Mickeys; Pete (Ethan Hawke), Ashley's rambunctious uncle who tries to encourage her to [raise] her sights, and Rudy (Kris Kristofferson), a longtime local rancher ideally positioned to illustrate to Don how things have changed for the (much) worse.





blare

The [radio] is blaring: turn it off!

The [loudspeakers] blared the speech repeatedly.

The soundtrack's [jarring] contrast between sheer silence and a [blaring] brass band

chug

Hauser is an intriguing character, seen chugging [shot] glasses of hot sauce 

The Strangers [chugs] dutifully along for its contractually obligated 90 minutes,



bedlam

Christine is [brow]beaten by the police, bulli[ed] by the press, and finally committed to a local bedlam seemingly filled with people whose mental illness consisted [in] pissing off the cops. 

Raucous