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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: obstreperous (0.01801 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to obstreperous.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: obstreperous
obstreperous
adj 1: noisily and stubbornly defiant;
“obstreperous boys”
2: boisterously and noisily aggressive;
“kept up an
obstreperous clamor”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Obstreperous
Obstreperous
\Ob*strep"er*ous\, a. [L. obstreperus, from
obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see
Ob-) + strepere to
make a noise.]
1. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise;
clamorous; noisy; vociferous.
“The obstreperous city.”
--Wordsworth.
“Obstreperous approbation.” --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. --B.
Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
2. Resistant to control; unruly.
[PJC] --
Ob*strep"er*ous*ly, adv. --
Ob*strep"er*ous*ness, n.
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