Get to know Obstreperous better with 3 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like defiant or noncompliant.
Obstreperous in a sentence
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
Using Obstreperous
- The main meaning on this page is: 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).
- Useful related words include: defiant, noncompliant, aggressive.
Context around Obstreperous
- Average sentence length in these examples: 28.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Obstreperous
- In this selection, "obstreperous" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ornery, sheikhs, inflexible and unkempt stand out and add context to how "obstreperous" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include him as obstreperous inflexible and and of ornery obstreperous unkempt bands. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "obstreperous" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aaargh, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with obstreperous
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Ali bin Abdullah's increasing financial difficulties and inability to control striking oil workers and obstreperous sheikhs led him to succumb to British pressure. (24 words)
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". (25 words)
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". (36 words)
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". (36 words)
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". (25 words)
Ali bin Abdullah's increasing financial difficulties and inability to control striking oil workers and obstreperous sheikhs led him to succumb to British pressure. (24 words)
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".