| 单词 | obstreperous |
| 释义 | obstreperous (once / 9285 pages) adj Obstreperous means boisterous, noisy, aggressive, defiant. You’ve probably seen an obstreperous child in the grocery store, pulling away from her mother, screaming at the top of her lungs. If you’ve been to a large concert where the band doesn't come on stage for hours, you might have been part of an obstreperous crowd: increasingly impatient, with fights breaking out, things thrown up onto the stage, and demands being shouted, "Give us some music before the night is out!" Some people are kind and gentle with strangers, but around their own family turn obstreperous, shouting "You never loved me!" at their mom when she gives them the smaller of two cookies. WORD FAMILYobstreperous: obstreperously, obstreperousness+/obstreperousness: obstreperousnesses USAGE EXAMPLESFrom its obstreperous title to its ever-changing nature, the piece resists easy marketing and branding. New York Times(Nov 18, 2016) He’s convincingly ambivalent and obstreperous as the womanizing ex-astronaut who eventually reveals a core of tenderness, but once again, flickering movie shadows loom. New York Times(Nov 17, 2016) Mostly it’s the usual teenage sniping — Cole is particularly obstreperous — but also some bonding. New York Times(Oct 26, 2016) 1adj noisily and stubbornly defiant obstreperous boys Syn defiant, noncompliant boldly resisting authority or an opposing force 2adj boisterously and noisily aggressive kept up an obstreperous clamor Syn aggressive having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends |
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