Associations to the word «Obstreperous»
Adverb
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Wiktionary
OBSTREPEROUS, adjective. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous.
OBSTREPEROUS, adjective. Stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control, whether in a noisy manner or not.
Dictionary definition
OBSTREPEROUS, adjective. Noisily and stubbornly defiant; "obstreperous boys".
OBSTREPEROUS, adjective. Boisterously and noisily aggressive; "kept up an obstreperous clamor".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.