ob·strep·er·ous

(ŏb-strĕp′ər-əs, əb-)

adj.

Noisily unruly or defiant: The restaurant owner ejected the obstreperous customer.

[From Latin obstreperus, noisy, from obstrepere, to make a noise against : ob-, against; see ob- + strepere, to make a noise (of imitative origin).]

ob·strep′er·ous·ly adv.

ob·strep′er·ous·ness n.

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Noun

obstreperousness - noisy defiance

defiance, rebelliousness - intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude

obstreperousness

noun

The quality or condition of being unruly:

disorderliness, fractiousness, indocility, intractability, intractableness, obstinacy, obstinateness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, uncontrollability, uncontrollableness, ungovernableness, unmanageability, unruliness, untowardness, wildness.

Translations

obstreperousness

n → Aufmüpfigkeit f (inf); (of child) → Aufsässigkeit f

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