rough-house Antonyms
Strongest:
- playfulness
- hijinks
- tomfoolery
- monkeying
- roughhousing
- clowning
- joking
- buffoonery
- horseplay
- skylarking
- funning
Strong:
- monkey-business
- monkeyshine-s-
- foolery
- high-jinks
- shenanigan-s-
- silliness
- horsing-around
- slapstick
- clownery
Weak:
- sportiveness
- roistering
- gamboling
- impishness
- rowdiness
- foolishness
- rascality
- jesting
- mischievousness
- revelry
- rumbustiousness
- deviltry
- nonsense
- rambunctiousness
- gambolling
- roguery
- trickery
- sporting
- knavery
- boisterousness
- mischief
- romping
- frolicking
- merrymaking
- clownishness
- childishness
- prankishness
- cavorting
- rowdyism
- frivolity
- devilry
- waggery
- roguishness
Meaning of rough-house
rough-house (v)
treat in a rough or boisterous manner
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
playfulness, hijinks, tomfoolery, monkeying,roughhousing, clowning, joking, buffoonery, horseplay, skylarking
pet, fondle, fondle, caress,pet, caress, pamper, mollycoddle, foster, 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.
