English Dictionary

obstreperous

/əbˈstɹɛp.əɹ.əs/

adj

Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous. / Stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control, whether in a noisy manner or not.

The obstreperous crowd disrupted the peaceful protest.

意味（1）

Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous.

[O]n a clear still summer evening you may hear from the battery of New York the obstreperous peals of broad-mouthed laughter of the Dutch negroes at Communipaw.

意味（2）

Stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control, whether in a noisy manner or not.

[W]e came to Whittingham. Thence to Newcastle, where an obstreperous horse retarded us for an hour at least.