obstreperousness

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ob·strep·er·ous (

b-str

b-)

adj.

1. Noisily and stubbornly defiant.

2. Aggressively boisterous.

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

ob·streper·ous·ly adv.

ob·streper·ous·ness n.

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Noun

obstreperousness - noisy defiance

defiance, rebelliousness - intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude

Translations

obstreperousness

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

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