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obstreperous

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12 lettersPronunciation /əbˈstɹɛp.əɹ.əs/Part of speech adjectiveSorted beeooprrsstuStarts with OEnds with S0 clues
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Definitions

  1. boisterously and noisily aggressive

Word origin

Borrowed from Latin obstreperus, first attested circa 17th c. Compare obstropulous.

Used in a sentence

  • [O]n a clear still summer evening you may hear from the battery of New York the obstreperous peals of broad-mouthed laughter of the Dutch negroes at Communipaw.
  • […] my hope Dwindled into a ghost not fit to cope With that obstreperous joy success would bring
  • The train was soon filled to the brim with obstreperous American tourists brandishing Pina Coladas from the upper deck, and started to resemble a smallish dry-land cruise ship.

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