obstreperous

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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obstreperous

(əbˈstrɛpərəs)

adj

noisy or rough, esp in resisting restraint or control. Also (dialect, jocular): obstropalous or obstropulous

[C16: from Latin, from obstrepere, from ob- against + strepere to roar]

obˈstreperously adv

obˈstreperousness n

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ob•strep•er•ous

(əbˈstrɛp ər əs)

adj.

1. resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.

2. noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children.

[1590–1600; < Latin obstreperus clamorous akin to obstrepere to make a noise at (ob- ob- + strepere to rattle)]

ob•strep′er•ous•ly, adv.

ob•strep′er•ous•ness, n.

obstreperous

- Meaning "clamorous, noisy" and "argumentative," it is from Latin ob-, "against," and strepere, "to make a noise."

obstreperous

adjective unruly, disorderly, wild, rough, loud, noisy, out of control, turbulent, rampaging, out of hand, wayward, rowdy, raucous, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, boisterous, wilful, lawless, vociferous, fractious, riotous, tempestuous, unmanageable, undisciplined, stroppy (Brit. slang), rip-roaring (informal), mutinous, ungovernable, uproarious, clamorous, rambunctious (informal), rackety, insubordinate, roistering, roisterous an awkward and obstreperous customer
controlled, quiet, calm, disciplined, gentle, peaceful, orderly, placid, docile

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obstreperous

adjective

1. Not submitting to discipline or control:

disorderly, fractious, indocile, intractable, lawless, obstinate, recalcitrant, refractory, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward, wild.

Idiom: out of line.

2. Offensively loud and insistent:

blatant, boisterous, clamorous, strident, vociferous.

Informal: loudmouthed.

Translations

turbolento

obstreperous

[əbˈstrepərəs] ADJ [person, behaviour] → escandaloso
he became obstreperous → empezó a desmandarse

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obstreperous

[əbˈstrɛpərəs] adj → turbulent(e)

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obstreperous

adj → aufmüpfig (inf); child → aufsässig; the drunk became obstreperous → der Betrunkene fing an zu randalieren; it’s not a real complaint, he’s just being obstreperous → es ist keine echte Beschwerde, er will nur Schwierigkeiten machen

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obstreperous

[əbˈstrɛp/ərəs] adj → turbolento/a

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A TURBULENT Person was brought before a Judge to be tried for an assault with intent to commit murder, and it was proved that he had been variously obstreperous without apparent provocation, had affected the peripheries of several luckless fellow-citizens with the trunk of a small tree, and subsequently cleaned out the town.

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Billy's name seemed to have a quieting effect on obstreperous males.

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Thus communed these; while to their lowly dome, The full-fed swine return'd with evening home; Compell'd, reluctant, to the several sties, With din obstreperous, and ungrateful cries.

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The third night they came again and were more obstreperous than ever.

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Mamma was an abject slave to their caprices, but Papa was not so easily subjugated, and occasionally afflicted his tender spouse by an attempt at paternal discipline with his obstreperous son.

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At all events, Hepzibah had fully satisfied herself of the impossibility of ever becoming wonted to this peevishly obstreperous little bell.

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go long, will ye?" said the mother, giving now and then a kick, in a kind of general way, under the table, when the movement became too obstreperous. "Can't ye be decent when white folks comes to see ye?

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The fellows seemed utterly unafraid of the great beasts leaping and snarling about them, handling them much the same as one might handle a pack of obstreperous dogs.

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What is the use of your bothering about fists and whips and muscles and all the dreadful things invented for the confusion of obstreperous wives?

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These last, however, could by no means perform their appointed duty; inasmuch as the enemy's breath rushed out of his nose in an obstreperous hurricane and whirlwind, which blew the Pygmies away as fast as they came nigh.

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We greeted the two pilgrims with many pleasant gibes and a roar of laughter; whereupon they gazed at us with such woful and absurdly compassionate visages that our merriment grew tenfold more obstreperous. Apollyon also entered heartily into the fun, and contrived to flirt the smoke and flame of the engine, or of his own breath, into their faces, and envelop them in an atmosphere of scalding steam.

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Half-past nine struck in the middle of the performance of "Auld Lang Syne," a most obstreperous proceeding, during which there was an immense amount of standing with one foot on the table, knocking mugs together and shaking hands, without which accompaniments it seems impossible for the youths of Britain to take part in that famous old song.

Adj.	1.	obstreperous - noisily and stubbornly defiant; "obstreperous boys" defiant, noncompliant - boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"
	2.	obstreperous - boisterously and noisily aggressive; "kept up an obstreperous clamor" aggressive - having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends; "an aggressive businessman"; "an aggressive basketball player"; "he was aggressive and imperious; positive in his convictions"; "aggressive drivers"