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[ uhb-strep-er-uhs ] / əbˈstrɛp ər əs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR obstreperous ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveresisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly. noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children. Origin of obstreperous1590–1600; <Latin obstreperus clamorous, akin to obstrepere to make a noise at (ob-ob- + strepere to rattle); see -ous SYNONYMS FOR obstreperous1 uncontrolled, refractory. SEE SYNONYMS FOR obstreperous ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR obstreperousSEE ANTONYMS FOR obstreperous ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM obstreperousob·strep·er·ous·ly, adverbob·strep·er·ous·ness, ob·strep·e·ros·i·ty [uhb-strep-uh-ros-i-tee], /əbˌstrɛp əˈrɒs ɪ ti/, nounWords nearby obstreperousobstetrician-gynecologist, obstetrics, obstinacy, obstinate, obstipation, obstreperous, obstruct, obstructed testis, obstruction, obstructionist, obstructive apnea Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for obstreperousYeah, they may have been extreme or obstreperous or this or that, but they were good. The Incompetent Party|Michael Tomasky|January 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST 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|DAILY BEAST In time the obstreperous Texicans developed revolutionary ideas. Paul Begala: Ted Cruz and Texas’s Tea Party Revolution|Paul Begala|August 1, 2012|DAILY BEAST Even 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|DAILY BEAST
He liked to drink, colleagues say, and would occasionally get obstreperous. Is This Dave's Blackmailer?|Lloyd Grove|October 2, 2009|DAILY BEAST He claims that a "little loosening up of the hide" of an obstreperous prisoner does the said prisoner a vast amount of good. The Twin Hells|John N. Reynolds Our Commandant, Fauad Bey, has been in a most obstreperous and belligerent mood for days. The Secrets of a Kuttite|Edward O. Mousley For a young woman who had prescribed outlawry as a cure for obstreperous nerves her alarm was astonishing. Blacksheep! Blacksheep!|Meredith Nicholson Priests were notorious for being the most ill-tempered, obstreperous, and unstable of men. Rastignac the Devil|Philip Jos Farmer In an instant his father's spotted hound bounded from behind the cabin, followed by four other obstreperous dogs. The Red Debt|Everett MacDonald
British Dictionary definitions for obstreperous
adjectivenoisy or rough, esp in resisting restraint or control Derived forms of obstreperousobstreperously, adverbobstreperousness, nounWord Origin for obstreperousC16: from Latin, from obstrepere, from ob- against + strepere to roar Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to obstreperousboisterous, clamorous, disorderly, loud, piercing, rambunctious, riotous, rowdy, unmanageable, unruly, uproarious, vociferous, wild, booming, blusterous, out of hand, screaming, strepitous |