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obstreperous

/uhb-strep-er-uhs/US // əbˈstrɛp ər əs //UK // (əbˈstrɛpərəs) //

顽固不化,蛮横无理,桀骜不驯,顽固的

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : resisting control or restraint in a difficult manner; unruly.
    • : noisy, clamorous, or boisterous: obstreperous children.

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Examples

  • Yeah, they may have been extreme or obstreperous or this or that, but they were good.

  • Lots of things got in the way of that, notably the lousy economy, and secondly the obstreperous Republicans.

  • In time the obstreperous Texicans developed revolutionary ideas.

  • Even the messiest, most obstreperous books are reduced to a litany of bullet points, or a single bullet point.

  • He liked to drink, colleagues say, and would occasionally get obstreperous.

  • Their obstreperous loyalty might seem inconsistent with this unideal character, but it is only seeming.

  • Captain Downs kicked at this obstreperous sailor, and at the same time fanned a blow at his head with open palm.

  • The chances that he would become obstreperous and provoke a general row or not were about even.

  • Mrs. Caukins started up stairs whence came sounds of an obstreperous bootjack.

  • A new set of stratagems was vainly tried to quiet my obstreperous inviter; and then mamma, as usual, gave up the point.