obstreperous
adjective
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Contemporary Examples of obstreperous
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.
Historical Examples of obstreperous
He claims that a "little loosening up of the hide" of an obstreperous prisoner does the said prisoner a vast amount of good.
The Twin HellsJohn N. Reynolds
Our Commandant, Fauad Bey, has been in a most obstreperous and belligerent mood for days.
The Secrets of a KuttiteEdward O. Mousley
For a young woman who had prescribed outlawry as a cure for obstreperous nerves her alarm was astonishing.
Blacksheep! Blacksheep!Meredith Nicholson
Priests were notorious for being the most ill-tempered, obstreperous, and unstable of men.
Rastignac the DevilPhilip Jos Farmer
In an instant his father's spotted hound bounded from behind the cabin, followed by four other obstreperous dogs.
The Red DebtEverett MacDonald