What does obstropulous mean?
Obstropulous means (UK, obsolete, slang) Synonym of obstreperous..
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/ɒbˈstɹɒp.jʊl.əs/ · adjective
(UK, obsolete, slang) Synonym of obstreperous..
And you know, Jack (as we told him, moreover), that it was a shame to manhood, for a man, who had served twenty and twenty women as bad or worse, let him have served Miss Harlowe never so bad, should give himself such obstropulous airs, because she would die […]
He was thoroughly obstropulous to me last week!
Use obstropulous when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Obstropulous means (UK, obsolete, slang) Synonym of obstreperous..
Common synonyms include obstreperous.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And you know, Jack (as we told him, moreover), that it was a shame to manhood, for a man, who had served twenty and twenty women as bad or worse, let him have served Miss Harlowe never so bad, should give himself such obstropulous airs, because she would die […]
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.