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What (who) is OBSTREPEROUS - definition
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obstreperous
If you say that someone is obstreperous, you think that they are noisy and difficult to control.
You know I have no intention of being awkward and obstreperous.
ADJ [disapproval]
Obstreperous
·adj Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous.
obstreperous
a.
Loud, noisy, clamorous, turbulent, tumultuous, boisterous, uproarious.
Examples of use of OBSTREPEROUS
1. Obstreperous crowds, blocking the streets and paralyzing the economy, amass with frightening speed out of nowhere.
2. Pat Roberts, R–Kan., said that as a House member he was put off years ago by Stevens‘ "obstreperous, if not outrageous behavior" during a Republican retreat.
3. But something funny happened at the showdown: Several justices said that maybe the Oregon courts were not being obstreperous, after all.
4. Rumsfeld was never a neoconservative; he was an obstreperous contrarian, committed not to putting forward any particular philosophy but to aggressively challenging whatever ideas his bureaucratic opponents and critics put forward.
5. In his 2000 diplomatic cable, Milam told his bosses the Taliban official had adopted a far less obstreperous‘‘ tone than usually heard from the Taliban, and suggested the United States do some small favor for Afghanistan to show good will.