obstreperous.

Loudly resisting control or orderly behavior.

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Words that belong together

• obstreperous crowd
• obstreperous child

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The obstreperous crowd drowned out the speaker.

An obstreperous child overturned the chair.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more obstreperous; superlative most obstreperous where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.