obstreperousness
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obstreperousness — obstreperous ► ADJECTIVE ▪ noisy and difficult to control. DERIVATIVES obstreperously adverb obstreperousness noun. ORIGIN from Latin obstrepere, from strepere make a noise … English terms dictionary
Obstreperousness — Obstreperous Ob*strep er*ous, a. [L. obstreperus, from obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see {Ob }) + strepere to make a noise.] 1. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; clamorous; noisy; vociferous. The obstreperous city.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
obstreperousness — noun see obstreperous … New Collegiate Dictionary
obstreperousness — noun The quality of being obstreperous … Wiktionary
obstreperousness — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The quality or condition of being unruly: disorderliness, fractiousness, indocility, intractability, intractableness, obstinacy, obstinateness, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, refractoriness, uncontrollability,… … English dictionary for students
obstreperousness — É™b streprÉ™snɪs n. noisiness; boisterousness; unrestraint; riotousness … English contemporary dictionary
obstreperousness — ob·strep·er·ous·ness … English syllables
obstreperousness — noun noisy defiance • Derivationally related forms: ↑obstreperous • Hypernyms: ↑defiance, ↑rebelliousness … Useful english dictionary
Hussein, Saddam — ▪ 2007 Saddam Hussein al Tikriti Arab nationalist leader (b. April 28, 1937, Tikrit, Iraq d. Dec. 30, 2006, Baghdad, Iraq), reduced Iraq to a state of impoverishment and devastation during his 24 years (1979–2003) as the country s… … Universalium
obstreperous — adjective Etymology: Latin obstreperus, from obstrepere to clamor against, from ob against + strepere to make a noise Date: circa 1600 1. marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness ; clamorous < obstreperous merriment > 2. stubbornly resistant to… … New Collegiate Dictionary
