obstreperous
adjective
[ əbˈstrɛp(ə)rəs ]
• noisy and difficult to control.
• "the boy is cocky and obstreperous"
Similar:
unruly,
unmanageable,
disorderly,
undisciplined,
uncontrollable,
unrestrained,
rowdy,
uncontrolled,
disruptive,
truculent,
difficult,
refractory,
rebellious,
mutinous,
out of hand,
riotous,
out of control,
wild,
turbulent,
uproarious,
tumultuous,
tempestuous,
unbridled,
irrepressible,
boisterous,
roisterous,
rackety,
noisy,
loud,
clamorous,
raucous,
vociferous,
stroppy,
bolshie,
rumbustious,
rambunctious,
rampageous,
Origin:
late 16th century (in the sense ‘clamorous, vociferous’): from Latin obstreperus (from obstrepere, from ob- ‘against’ + strepere ‘make a noise’) + -ous.
