- 1. a. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous. Source: opted
- 2. adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant Source: wordnet
- 3. adj. boisterously and noisily aggressive Source: wordnet
- 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. Source: webster
- 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. Source: adambom
- 6. j:100 s. noisily and stubbornly defiant s. boisterously and noisily aggressive Source: ecdict
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