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obstreperous a. 吵闹的,喧嚣的,乱闹的,任性的 吵闹的,喧嚣的,乱闹的,任性的 obstreperous adj 1: noisily and stubbornly defiant; " obstreperous boys" 2: boisterously and noisily aggressive; " kept up an obstreperous clamor" 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. [ 1913 Webster] 87 Moby Thesaurus words for " obstreperous": bawling, beyond control, blaring, blatant, blatting, blustering, boanergean, boisterous, brassy, brawling, brazen, breachy, clamant, clamorous, clamoursome, clanging, clangorous, clattery, contumacious, crying, defiant, disorderly, fractious, impatient of control, incorrigible, indocile, indomitable, insuppressible, intractable, irrepressible, loud, loudmouthed, mafficking, multivocal, naughty, noiseful, noisy, openmouthed, ornery, out of control, out of hand, rackety, rambunctious, rampant, raucous, recalcitrant, refractory, resistant, resisting, restive, revolutionary, riotous, rip- roaring, roisterous, rowdy, rumbustious, screaming, shouting, shrewish, strepitant, strepitous, strident, tempestuous, terrorist, tumultuous, turbulent, unbiddable, unbridled, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unrestrained, unruly, unsubmissive, uproarious, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, wild, yammering, yapping, yelling, yelping
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