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obstreperous

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of obstreperous

1 engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest

an obstreperous crowd protesting the government's immigration policy

Synonyms of obstreperous

blatant, caterwauling, clamant, clamorous, squawking, vociferant, vociferating, vociferous, yawping (or yauping), yowling

Words Related to obstreperous

clangorous, dinning, discordant, noisy

loudmouthed, outspoken, vocal

boisterous, rackety, raucous, robustious, rowdy, uproarious

cacophonous, dissonant, earsplitting, grating, shrill, strident

blaring, blustering, booming, brassy, brazen

Near Antonyms of obstreperous

noiseless, quiet, silent, soundless, still

calm, hushed, subdued

2 given to resisting authority or another's control

the club's president was at his wits' end with obstreperous members who refused to cooperate

Synonyms of obstreperous

balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, disobedient, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful (or wilful)

Words Related to obstreperous

noncooperative, uncooperative

insurgent, mutinous

adamant, adamantine, dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inflexible, mulish, negativistic, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, peevish, pertinacious, pigheaded, rigid, self-willed, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding

fractious, restive, uncontrollable, unmanageable, wild

perverse, resistant, wrongheaded

bad, disorderly, errant, misbehaving, mischievous, monkeying, monkeyish, naughty

dissident, nonconformist

discourteous, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, ill-natured, impertinent, impolite, impudent, inconsiderate, insolent, ornery, rude, uncivil, uncouth, ungracious, unmannerly

Near Antonyms of obstreperous

acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, cooperative, deferential, obliging

behaved, disciplined, well-bred

courteous, polite, respectful

kowtowing, obsequious, servile, slavish, subservient

decorous, mannerly, orderly, proper

controllable, governable, manageable, trainable

Antonyms of obstreperous

amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, obedient, ruly, submissive, tractable

Synonym Discussion of obstreperous

vociferous, clamorous, blatant, strident, boisterous, obstreperous mean so loud or insistent as to compel attention. vociferous implies a vehement shouting or calling out.

- vociferous cries of protest and outrage

clamorous may imply insistency as well as vociferousness in demanding or protesting.

- clamorous demands for prison reforms

blatant implies an offensive bellowing or insensitive loudness.

- blatant rock music
- a blatant clamor for impeachment

strident suggests harsh and discordant noise.

- heard the strident cry of the crow

boisterous suggests a noisiness and turbulence due to high spirits.

- a boisterous crowd of party goers

obstreperous suggests unruly and aggressive noisiness and resistance to restraint.

- the obstreperous demonstrators were arrested

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