Rebellious
21rebellious — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Engaged in armed rebellion] Syn. revolutionary, insurgent, counterrevolutionary, warring, insurrectionary, attacking, rioting, mutinous, rebel; see also sense 2, 3. Ant. beaten*, overwhelmed, loyal. 2. [Inclined toward… …
22rebellious — re bel·li·ous || rɪ belɪəs adj. seditious, mutinous, resisting or challenging authority …
23rebellious — adjective 1》 showing a desire to rebel. ↘engaged in rebellion. 2》 difficult to control; unmanageable. Derivatives rebelliously adverb rebelliousness noun …
24rebellious — a. Insubordinate, intractable, disobedient, mutinous, refractory, contumacious, seditious …
25rebellious — adj 1. insurgent, insurrectionary, revolutionary, rebel, seditious, factious; mutinous; traitorous, treasonable, subversive; lawless, riotous, ungovernable, uncontrollable, out of control, unmanageable. 2. recalcitrant, refractory, contumacious,… …
26rebellious — re·bel·lious …
27rebellious — [rɪˈbeljəs] adj 1) fighting to remove a government or leader by force 2) opposing authority or the accepted rules of society …
28rebellious — re•bel•lious [[t]rɪˈbɛl yəs[/t]] adj. 1) defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition 2) pertaining to or characteristic of rebels or rebellion 3) (of things or animals) resisting management or treatment; refractory • …
29rebellious — /rəˈbɛljəs/ (say ruh belyuhs) adjective 1. defying lawful authority; insubordinate; disposed to rebel. 2. relating to or characteristic of rebels or rebellion. 3. (of things) resisting treatment; refractory. {Middle English, from rebelli(on) +… …
30rebellious — adj. 1 tending to rebel, insubordinate. 2 in rebellion. 3 defying lawful authority. 4 (of a thing) unmanageable, refractory. Derivatives: rebelliously adv. rebelliousness n. Etymology: ME f. REBELLION + OUS or f. earlier rebellous + IOUS …
