obstreperous
11obstreperous — obstreperously, adv. obstreperousness, obstreperosity /euhb strep euh ros i tee/, n. /euhb strep euhr euhs/, adj. 1. resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly. 2. noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children. [1590… …
12obstreperous — adjective /əbˈstrɛp.ər.əs,ɒbˈstrɛp.ər.əs,əbˈstrɛpərəs,ɑːbˈstrɛpərəs/ a) Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous. The obstreperous mirth swiftly turned into yells of dismay. b) Noisily and stubbornly defiant …
13obstreperous — ob|strep|er|ous [ ab strepərəs ] adjective refusing to behave in a reasonable way and sometimes protesting loudly: obstreperous customers/patients/neighbors …
14obstreperous — adjective obstreperous behaviour is noisy and cheerful or angry obstreperously adverb obstreperousness noun (U) …
15obstreperous — adjective the hotel manager was accustomed to dealing with obstreperous guests Syn: unruly, unmanageable, disorderly, undisciplined, uncontrollable, rowdy, disruptive, truculent, difficult, refractory, rebellious, mutinous, riotous, out of… …
16obstreperous — UK [əbˈstrepərəs] / US [ɑbˈstrepərəs] adjective refusing to behave in a reasonable way and sometimes protesting loudly obstreperous customers/patients/neighbours …
17obstreperous — ob•strep•er•ous [[t]əbˈstrɛp ər əs[/t]] adj. 1) resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly 2) noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children[/ex] • Etymology: 1590–1600; < L obstreperus clamorous akin to obstrepere to …
18obstreperous — Synonyms and related words: bawling, beyond control, blaring, blatant, blatting, blustering, boanergean, boisterous, brassy, brawling, brazen, breachy, clamant, clamorous, clamoursome, clanging, clangorous, clattery, contumacious, crying, defiant …
19obstreperous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. noisy, clamorous, vociferous; recalcitrant, unruly, riotous. See violence, disobedience. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. boisterous, noisy, vociferous, raucous; see loud 2 . See Synonym Study at… …
20obstreperous — ob|strep|e|rous [əbˈstrepərəs] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: obstreperus, from obstrepere to shout against ] noisy and refusing to do what someone asks →↑awkward >obstreperously adv …
