rough-house (Meaning)
rough-house (v)
treat in a rough or boisterous manner
Synonyms & Antonyms of rough-house
Synonyms:
- buffoonery
- tomfoolery
- hijinks
- clowning
- skylarking
- joking
- roughhousing
- horseplay
- monkeying
- funning
- playfulness
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- trickery
- rumbustiousness
- rambunctiousness
- impishness
- prankishness
- rascality
- rowdyism
- jesting
- knavery
- frolicking
- revelry
- gamboling
- childishness
- sportiveness
- clownishness
- deviltry
- sporting
- nonsense
- boisterousness
- rowdiness
- mischievousness
- merrymaking
- foolishness
- romping
- mischief
- gambolling
- roguishness
- frivolity
- devilry
- roistering
- cavorting
- roguery
- waggery
Antonyms:
No weak antonyms found.
rough-house Sentence Examples
- The children's rambunctious play morphed into a chaotic rough-house.
- The two friends engaged in a friendly rough-house, laughing and jostling with abandon.
- The puppy's boisterous rough-house with the tennis ball left a trail of chewed-up pieces.
- The skaters' rough-house on the frozen pond filled the air with the sound of laughter and the scrape of blades.
- The audience roared as the wrestlers engaged in a fierce rough-house in the ring.
- The storm whipped the trees into a frenzy, their branches clashing in an eerie rough-house of nature.
- The neighborhood dogs' nightly rough-house often disturbed the sleep of the locals.
- The children's rough-house in the living room left the furniture in a state of disarray.
- The party guests became boisterous and engaged in a harmless rough-house that filled the dance floor.
- The waves crashed against the shoreline with a rough-house roar, sending plumes of salty spray into the air.
FAQs About the word rough-house
treat in a rough or boisterous manner
buffoonery, tomfoolery, hijinks, clowning, skylarking, joking,roughhousing, horseplay, monkeying, funning
caress, fondle, pet, fondle,pet, caress, pamper,coddle, care (for), pamper
The children's rambunctious play morphed into a chaotic rough-house.
The two friends engaged in a friendly rough-house, laughing and jostling with abandon.
The puppy's boisterous rough-house with the tennis ball left a trail of chewed-up pieces.
The skaters' rough-house on the frozen pond filled the air with the sound of laughter and the scrape of blades.
