obstreperous

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  1. adjective Noisily and stubbornly defiant.
  2. adjective Aggressively boisterous.

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  • Peaceful people are hooted at and shouted down; thousands of general convictions are over-ridden; the violent have it their own way; it seems to me to organise the unruly and obstreperous, and to force all gentler and more civilised natures into an unconvinced silence. —  Father Payne
  • When guests would call, he would become so obstreperous, the visit would have to be cut short so that Ava, his mistress, could tend to his needs. —  Sinatra The Man Behind the Myth
  • How to understand the deceptions she had been thus practising on herself, and living under! —  Emma
  • “In a fight Mr. Cody is never noisy, obstreperous or excited. —  The Life of Hon William F Cody
  • I think he knew that I knew. —  Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
 

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Etymologies (2)

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

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  1. from Late Latin obstreperus, clamorous, from Latin obstrepere, clamor at, drown with clamor, from ob, before, upon, + strepere, roar, rattle. Cf. perstreperous.
 

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