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Troublesome vs Rowdy - What's the difference?

troublesome | rowdy |

As adjectives the difference between troublesome and rowdy

is that troublesome is giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome while rowdy is rough and disorderly; riotous or just boisterous.

As a noun rowdy is

a boisterous person; a brawler.

troublesome

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Giving trouble or anxiety; vexatious; burdensome; wearisome.
    • The computer has been very troublesome for me. It never works when I need to use it.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Antonyms

    * untroublesome * nontroublesome

    rowdy

    English

    Alternative forms

    * rowdie

    Adjective

    (er)
  • rough and disorderly; riotous or just boisterous

    • Derived terms

    * rowdiness * rowdyism

    Noun

    (rowdies)
  • A boisterous person; a brawler.

    • Synonyms

    * (boisterous person) brawler, ruffian

    Anagrams

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