| slovo | definícia |
obstreperous
(encz) | obstreperous,divoký adj: Zdeněk Brož |
obstreperous
(encz) | obstreperous,hlučný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
obstreperous
(encz) | obstreperous,neukázněný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Obstreperous
(gcide) | Obstreperous \Ob*strep"er*ous\, a. [L. obstreperus, from
obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see Ob-) + strepere to
make a noise.]
1. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise;
clamorous; noisy; vociferous. "The obstreperous city."
--Wordsworth. "Obstreperous approbation." --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. --B.
Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
2. Resistant to control; unruly.
[PJC] -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ly, adv. --
Ob*strep"er*ous*ness, n.
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obstreperous
(wn) | obstreperous
adj 1: noisily and stubbornly defiant; "obstreperous boys"
2: boisterously and noisily aggressive; "kept up an obstreperous
clamor" |
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obstreperously
(encz) | obstreperously, |
obstreperousness
(encz) | obstreperousness,hlučnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
Obstreperous
(gcide) | Obstreperous \Ob*strep"er*ous\, a. [L. obstreperus, from
obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see Ob-) + strepere to
make a noise.]
1. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise;
clamorous; noisy; vociferous. "The obstreperous city."
--Wordsworth. "Obstreperous approbation." --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. --B.
Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
2. Resistant to control; unruly.
[PJC] -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ly, adv. --
Ob*strep"er*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
Obstreperously
(gcide) | Obstreperous \Ob*strep"er*ous\, a. [L. obstreperus, from
obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see Ob-) + strepere to
make a noise.]
1. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise;
clamorous; noisy; vociferous. "The obstreperous city."
--Wordsworth. "Obstreperous approbation." --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. --B.
Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
2. Resistant to control; unruly.
[PJC] -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ly, adv. --
Ob*strep"er*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
Obstreperousness
(gcide) | Obstreperous \Ob*strep"er*ous\, a. [L. obstreperus, from
obstrepere to make a noise at; ob (see Ob-) + strepere to
make a noise.]
1. Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise;
clamorous; noisy; vociferous. "The obstreperous city."
--Wordsworth. "Obstreperous approbation." --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
Beating the air with their obstreperous beaks. --B.
Jonson.
[1913 Webster]
2. Resistant to control; unruly.
[PJC] -- Ob*strep"er*ous*ly, adv. --
Ob*strep"er*ous*ness, n.
[1913 Webster] |
obstreperously
(wn) | obstreperously
adv 1: in manner that attracts attention; "obstreperously, he
demanded to get service" [syn: obstreperously,
loudly, clamorously] |
obstreperousness
(wn) | obstreperousness
n 1: noisy defiance |
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