obstreperous
resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children.
Origin of obstreperous
1Other words for obstreperous
Opposites for obstreperous
Other words from obstreperous
- ob·strep·er·ous·ly, adverb
- ob·strep·er·ous·ness, ob·strep·e·ros·i·ty [uhb-strep-uh-ros-i-tee], /əbˌstrɛp əˈrɒs ɪ ti/, noun
Words Nearby obstreperous
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How to use obstreperous in a sentence
Yeah, they may have been extreme or obstreperous or this or that, but they were good.
Lots of things got in the way of that, notably the lousy economy, and secondly the obstreperous Republicans.
Michael Tomasky on How Liberals Need to Hold Their Anti-Obama Fire | Michael Tomasky | November 15, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTIn time the obstreperous Texicans developed revolutionary ideas.
Paul Begala: Ted Cruz and Texas’s Tea Party Revolution | Paul Begala | August 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTEven the messiest, most obstreperous books are reduced to a litany of bullet points, or a single bullet point.
Ken Kesey’s Wars: “One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest” at 50 | Nathaniel Rich | July 26, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTHe liked to drink, colleagues say, and would occasionally get obstreperous.
Their obstreperous loyalty might seem inconsistent with this unideal character, but it is only seeming.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyCaptain Downs kicked at this obstreperous sailor, and at the same time fanned a blow at his head with open palm.
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayThe chances that he would become obstreperous and provoke a general row or not were about even.
Aletta | Bertram MitfordMrs. Caukins started up stairs whence came sounds of an obstreperous bootjack.
Flamsted quarries | Mary E. WallerA new set of stratagems was vainly tried to quiet my obstreperous inviter; and then mamma, as usual, gave up the point.
Discipline | Mary Brunton
British Dictionary definitions for obstreperous
/ (əbˈstrɛpərəs) /
noisy or rough, esp in resisting restraint or control
Origin of obstreperous
1Derived forms of obstreperous
- obstreperously, adverb
- obstreperousness, noun
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