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