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Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous.

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  1. a. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous.
  2. adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant
  3. adj. boisterously and noisily aggressive
  4. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous. "The obstreperous city." Wordsworth. "Obstreperous approbation." Addison. Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. B. Jonson. -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ness, n.
  5. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous;noisy; vociferous. "The obstreperous city." Wordsworth. "Obstreperousapprobation." Addison.Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. B. Jonson.-- Ob*strep"er*ous*ly, adv.-- Ob*strep"er*ous*ness, n.
  6. j:100 s. noisily and stubbornly defiant s. boisterously and noisily aggressive