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Definition of Obstreperousness
1. Noun. Noisy defiance.
Definition of Obstreperousness
1. Noun. The quality of being obstreperous. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Obstreperousness
Literary usage of Obstreperousness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Microscope by Cornelius Tuthill (1820)
"There are two or three general remarks, that usually hold true in application to
these rising gentry : First, the noise and blustering and obstreperousness ..."
2. The Bookman (1915)
"Of whatsoever savours ever so remotely of sex obstreperousness, she has an honest,
hearty, holy horror. She does not even lecture. "If," she says, "there is ..."
3. The Autobiography of Leigh Hunt by Leigh Hunt (1850)
"To say the truth, there was an obstreperousness in their mirth, that looked more
melancholy than the thoughtlessness of the lighter-feeding felons. ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1827)
"... but no sooner were they composed to rest, and all the cottage quiet, than old
Douglas began abusing him with great vehemence and obstreperousness, ..."
5. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science by Johns Hopkins University (1908)
"... that the feeling of a Roman magistrate was uppermost, and that he was now
avenging traditional grievances, as well as punishing recent obstreperousness. ..."
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