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obstreperous
/əbˈstɹɛpəɹəs/
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What does obstreperous mean?
adjective
- Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous.
- Stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control (whether in a noisy manner or not).
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IPA pronunciation
/əbˈstɹɛpəɹəs/
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One or two pig-headed, obstreperous young men near us, emboldened by our apparent helplessness, persist in handling the bicycle.
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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In place of the noisy and obstreperous boy came the docile, soft-voiced girl.
That is to say, the incurables and the obstreperous were given a dose of “black jack” or the “white potion,” and sent over the divide.
I hurled clods of earth and opprobrious shouts and epithets in the four directions of my four obstreperous friends, and I thought I counted four reluctant departures.