obstreperous

obstreperous
Synonyms and related words:
bawling, beyond control, blaring, blatant, blatting, blustering, boanergean, boisterous, brassy, brawling, brazen, breachy, clamant, clamorous, clamoursome, clanging, clangorous, clattery, contumacious, crying, defiant, disorderly, fractious, impatient of control, incorrigible, indocile, indomitable, insuppressible, intractable, irrepressible, loud, loudmouthed, mafficking, multivocal, naughty, noiseful, noisy, openmouthed, ornery, out of control, out of hand, rackety, rambunctious, rampant, raucous, recalcitrant, refractory, resistant, resisting, restive, revolutionary, riotous, rip-roaring, roisterous, rowdy, rumbustious, screaming, shouting, shrewish, strepitant, strepitous, strident, tempestuous, terrorist, tumultuous, turbulent, unbiddable, unbridled, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unrestrained, unruly, unsubmissive, uproarious, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, wild, yammering, yapping, yelling, yelping

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  • Obstreperous — Ob*strep er*ous, a. [L. obstreperus, from obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see {Ob }) + strepere to make a noise.] 1. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous. The obstreperous city. Wordsworth.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • obstreperous — index blatant (obtrusive), disobedient, disorderly, intractable, perverse, recalcitrant, uncontrollable …   Law dictionary

  • obstreperous — (adj.) c.1600, from L. obstreperus clamorous, from obstrepere drown with noise, oppose noisily, from ob against (see OB (Cf. ob )) + strepere make a noise, from PIE *strep , said to be imitative (Cf. L. stertare to snore, O.N …   Etymology dictionary

  • obstreperous — *vociferous, clamorous, blatant, strident, boisterous Analogous words: *unruly, ungovernable, intractable, headstrong, refractory: uproarious, rackety (see corresponding nouns at DIN) Contrasted words: restrained, curbed, checked (see RESTRAIN):… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • obstreperous — [adj] noisy blusterous, boisterous, booming, clamorous, disorderly, loud, out of hand, piercing, raising Cain*, raising the roof*, rambunctious, riotous, rowdy, screaming, strepitous, tumultous, unmanageable, unruly, uproarious, vociferous, wild; …   New thesaurus

  • obstreperous — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ noisy and difficult to control. DERIVATIVES obstreperously adverb obstreperousness noun. ORIGIN from Latin obstrepere, from strepere make a noise …   English terms dictionary

  • obstreperous — [əb strep′ər əs, äbstrep′ər əs] adj. [L obstreperus < obstrepere, to roar at < ob (see OB ) + strepere, to roar < IE base * (s)trep , to make a loud noise > OE thræft, strife] noisy, boisterous, or unruly, esp. in resisting or… …   English World dictionary

  • Obstreperous — Wikipedia does not have an encyclopedia article for Obstreperous (search results). You may want to read Wiktionary s entry on Obstreperous instead.wiktionary:Special:Search/Obstreperous …   Wikipedia

  • obstreperous — [[t]ɒbstre̱pərəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED (disapproval) 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 …   English dictionary

  • obstreperous — adjective Etymology: Latin obstreperus, from obstrepere to clamor against, from ob against + strepere to make a noise Date: circa 1600 1. marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness ; clamorous < obstreperous merriment > 2. stubbornly resistant to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • obstreperous — obstreperously, adv. obstreperousness, obstreperosity /euhb strep euh ros i tee/, n. /euhb strep euhr euhs/, adj. 1. resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly. 2. noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children. [1590… …   Universalium

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