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Obstreperous
Obstreperous meaning
Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous. | Stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control (whether in a noisy manner or not).
Synonyms of Obstreperous
Example sentences (3)
Ali bin Abdullah's increasing financial difficulties and inability to control striking oil workers and obstreperous sheikhs led him to succumb to British pressure.
Hitchcock describes him as obstreperous, inflexible, and unwilling to compromise his positions, but he also portrays him as an "extraordinary figure and a fascinating man who had a lot of courage and a lot of guts".
No one has the inside track on which of dozens, perhaps hundreds, of ornery, obstreperous, unkempt bands might next appeal to the mall-walking millions".