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Answer for the clue "Noisily aggressive ", 12 letters:
obstreperous

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 Attended by, or making, a loud and tumultuous noise; boisterous. 2 Stubbornly defiant; disobedient; resistant to authority or control, whether in a noisy manner or not.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. noisily and stubbornly defiant; "obstreperous boys" boisterously and noisily aggressive; "kept up an obstreperous clamor"

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
c.1600, from Latin obstreperus "clamorous," from obstrepere "drown with noise, make a noise against, oppose noisily," from ob "against" (see ob- ) + strepere "make a noise," from PIE *strep- , said to be imitative (compare Latin stertare "to snore," Old ...

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