OBSTREPEROUSNESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Noisy defiance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("obstreperousness" is a kind of...):

defiance; rebelliousness (intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude)

Derivation:

obstreperous (boisterously and noisily aggressive)

obstreperous (noisily and stubbornly defiant)

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