Obstreperous - English meaning

adjective

Needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand.

Usage examples:

She had a difficult decision to make

adjective

Not easy or simple; hard to do or to understand

Usage examples:

It’s a difficult choice, but i’ve got to decide which job is better., he’s in a difficult situation…

adjective

Needing skill or effort

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A difficult problem/choice/task/language, [ + to infinitive ] it will be very difficult to prove th…

adjective

Lacking organization; untidy.

Usage examples:

His life was as disorderly as ever

adjective

Threatening the safety of people or the peace of a neighborhood

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A disorderly crowd, he was charged with disorderly conduct., a disorderly desk

adjective

Untidy and badly organized

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It's a disorderly sort of a house with books and papers lying around everywhere.

adjective

Causing or tending to cause disruption.

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Disruptive pupils

adjective

Tending to damage the orderly control of a situation

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Disruptive social changes, the teacher said disruptive behavior would not be tolerated.

adjective

Causing trouble and therefore stopping something from continuing as usual

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An absence of disruptive interpersonal issues makes for a healthier workspace., the start-up has al…

adjective

(of a soldier or sailor) refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority.

Usage examples:

Mutinous soldiers occupied the radio station

adjective

(especially of a sailor or a soldier) refusing to obey orders or attempting to take control from people in authority

Usage examples:

The mutinous sailors took control of the ship., mutinous soldiers occupied the state radio station …

idiom

If activities or events spin out of control, they change very quickly and in an uncontrolled way

Usage examples:

The country's economy seemed to be spinning out of control.

idiom

Out of control

Usage examples:

Things got a little out of hand at the party and three windows were broken., he went to see his doc…

adjective

Showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention.

Usage examples:

I became very rebellious and opted out

adjective

Stubborn or unmanageable.

Usage examples:

His refractory pony

noun

A substance that is resistant to heat.

Usage examples:

All three minerals alter to shimmer aggregates of sericite; all three are used in the preparation o…

adjective

Not affected by a treatment, change, or process

Usage examples:

This is a chronic and disabling condition that is refractory to treatment., a refractory child

adjective

Marked by or involving public disorder.

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A riotous crowd

adjective

Very loud and uncontrolled, and full of energy

Usage examples:

We went to a riotous party and danced all night., uk five students were arrested for riotous behavi…

adjective

Noisy and disorderly.

Usage examples:

It was a rowdy but good-natured crowd

noun

A noisy and disorderly person.

Usage examples:

We are accused of being rowdies in the pub

adjective

Eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant.

Usage examples:

The truculent attitude of farmers to cheaper imports

adjective

Having a bad state of mind, or behaving in a threatening manner

Usage examples:

He was a truculent bully.

adjective

Not controllable.

Usage examples:

Her brother had an uncontrollable temper

adjective

Too strong or violent to be controlled

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An uncontrollable temper, i felt an uncontrollable desire to sit down., he was laughing uncontrolla…

adjective

Not controlled.

Usage examples:

Some uncontrolled children rather marred the proceedings

adjective

Existing or happening with nothing able to stop it

Usage examples:

Uncontrolled shivering, the uncontrolled spread of urban sprawl

adjective

Lacking in discipline; uncontrolled in behaviour or manner.

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Undisciplined soldiers

adjective

Not behaving in a very controlled or organized way

Usage examples:

The coach should be embarrassed to see the team play in such an undisciplined manner., an undiscipl…

adjective

Difficult or impossible to manage, manipulate, or control.

Usage examples:

His behaviour was becoming unmanageable at home

adjective

Not restrained or restricted.

Usage examples:

A display of unrestrained delight

adjective

Not limited in any way

Usage examples:

Unrestrained fury, unrestrained capitalism

adjective

Disorderly and disruptive and not amenable to discipline or control.

Usage examples:

A group of unruly children

adjective

Difficult to control or manage

Usage examples:

Her unruly behavior caused chaos in class.

abbreviation

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