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Definition of Obstreperous
1. Adjective. Noisily and stubbornly defiant. "Obstreperous boys"
2. Adjective. Boisterously and noisily aggressive. "Kept up an obstreperous clamor"
Definition of Obstreperous
1. a. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous.
Definition of Obstreperous
1. Adjective. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous. ¹
2. Adjective. Noisily and stubbornly defiant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Obstreperous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obstreperous
Literary usage of Obstreperous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum (1901)
"CHAPTER IX Repairing the Spray's sails — Savages and an obstreperous anchor — A
spider-fight — An encounter with Black Pedro — A visit to the steamship ..."
2. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"What with my search drawn out through years, my hope Dwindled into a ghost not
tit to cope With that obstreperous joy success I hardly tried now to rebuke ..."
3. A Treatise on Criminal Pleading and Practice by Francis Wharton (1889)
"... violent and obstreperous, or if escape be threatened, a defendant may be placed
in shackles during trial.4 Such restraint, however, should not be ..."
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