obstreperous

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With din obstreperous, and ungrateful cries.

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

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  • It was obstreperous, disorderly and abusive You gonna give me a chance to tell you? —  To Kill A Mockingbird
  • July 1, 2004: First legal hearing in Saddam Hussein case held; Saddam loud, obstreperous, rude; trial suspended for 15 months pending exhibition of better manners on the part of the ex-dictator. —  Front page feed
  • AGAIN with the obstreperous, insulting Civil War snark? —  Cold Fury
  • And the same goes for the loud, obstreperous, flatulent, rude, smelly, fetid or anyone who possesses any miscellaneous source of perturbation and annoyance. —  The Latest on Air America
  • See there White-star had become rather obstreperous, showing his spirit; his master carelessly lent down, giving him a box on each ear, just as if the stately blood horse had been a naughty child; then composedly rode him back to the two ladies Harrie! —  Agatha's Husband A Novel
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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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