Definition of "obstreperous" []

• Noisily and stubbornly defiant. (adjective)
• Aggressively boisterous. (adjective)

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• "But the truthers quickly became known as obstreperous crazies who disrupted media events, most notably a taping of the HBO show "Real Time With Bill Maher," in 2007."
• "My father took the only course, as it seemed, that was open to "obstreperous" slaves - he took to the woods."
• "He meets an Englishman on a French train who pleases him much, and the two become good friends and see Rome together, but the fellow's wife is "obstreperous" and "haughty in her manner" and so"