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obstreperous AWB-STRE-puh-ruhs adjective to be unruly; to be aggressively rude 1917Who Can Be Happy and Free In Russia?God's curse, the Tsar's anger, | He hurls at the heads | Of obstreperous peasants.1961ThunderballHe was a ruthless, vengeful man and he had eliminated many obstreperous and perhaps dangerous people in his life.1988ZodiacBoone is standing six feet away, a rock, talking calmly and quietly like a nursery school teacher handling an obstreperous child.Labels: Ian Fleming, Neal Stephenson, Nicholas Nekrassov
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