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

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