rough-house (Meaning)
rough-house (v)
treat in a rough or boisterous manner
Synonyms & Antonyms of rough-house
Synonyms:
- tomfoolery
- horseplay
- playfulness
- joking
- monkeying
- hijinks
- skylarking
- funning
- clowning
- roughhousing
- buffoonery
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- gambolling
- clownishness
- jesting
- devilry
- boisterousness
- foolishness
- mischief
- deviltry
- sporting
- childishness
- cavorting
- trickery
- rascality
- gamboling
- prankishness
- roguery
- frolicking
- rumbustiousness
- frivolity
- merrymaking
- roguishness
- rowdiness
- revelry
- waggery
- rambunctiousness
- roistering
- mischievousness
- knavery
- rowdyism
- nonsense
- sportiveness
- romping
- impishness
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
tomfoolery, horseplay, playfulness, joking, monkeying, hijinks, skylarking, funning, clowning,roughhousing
caress, fondle, pet, fondle, caress,pet, mollycoddle, foster, mollycoddle, care (for)
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.
