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Obstreperous

Obstreperous Meaning & Definition
Obstreperous Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Obstreperous?

[adj] boisterously and noisily aggressive; "kept up an obstreperous clamor"
[adj] noisily and stubbornly defiant; "obstreperous boys"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Obstreperous: aggressive | defiant | noncompliant

Related Terms | Find terms related to Obstreperous: bawling | beyond control | blaring | blatant | blatting | blustering | boanergean | boisterous | brassy | brawling | brazen | breachy | clamant | clamorous | clamoursome | clanging | clangorous | clattery | contumacious | crying | defiant | disorderly | fractious | impatient of control | incorrigible | indocile | indomitable | insuppressible | intractable | irrepressible | loud | loudmouthed | mafficking | multivocal | naughty | noiseful | noisy | openmouthed | ornery | out of control | out of hand | rackety | rambunctious | rampant | raucous | recalcitrant | refractory | resistant | resisting | restive | revolutionary | riotous | rip-roaring | roisterous | rowdy | rumbustious | screaming | shouting | shrewish | strepitant | strepitous | strident | tempestuous | terrorist | tumultuous | turbulent | unbiddable | unbridled | uncontrollable | uncontrolled | undisciplined | ungovernable | unmalleable | unmanageable | unmoldable | unrestrained | unruly | unsubmissive | uproarious | vociferant | vociferating | vociferous | wild | yammering | yapping | yelling | yelping

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Obstreperous In Webster's Dictionary

\Ob*strep"er*ous\, a. [L. obstreperus, from obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see {Ob-}) + strepere to make a noise.] Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous. ``The obstreperous city.'' --Wordsworth. ``Obstreperous approbation.'' --Addison. Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. --B. Jonson. -- {Ob*strep"er*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Ob*strep"er*ous*ness}, n.

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