REBELLIOUS DEFINITIONS - 8 definitions found
rebellious adj 1: resisting control or authority; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew" 2: discontented as toward authority [syn: disaffected, ill- affected}, malcontent, rebellious] 3: participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; "the rebelling confederacy" Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) rebellious adjective Date: 15th century 1. a. given to or engaged in rebellion <rebellious troops> b. of, relating to, or characteristic of a rebel or rebellion <a rebellious speech> 2. resisting treatment or management ; refractory • rebelliously adverb • rebelliousness noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary rebellious 1. If you think someone behaves in an unacceptable way and does not do what they are told, you can say they are rebellious. ...a rebellious teenager... ADJ • rebelliousness ...the normal rebelliousness of youth. N-UNCOUNT 2. A rebellious group of people is a group involved in taking violent action against the rulers of their own country, usually in order to change the system of government there. The rebellious officers, having seized the radio station, broadcast the news of the overthrow of the monarchy. ADJ: ADJ n Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Rebellious \Re*bel"lious\, a. Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force. ``Thy rebellious crew.'' ``Proud rebellious arms.'' --Milton. -- Re*bel"lious*ly, adv. -- Re*bel"lious*ness, n. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms rebellious a. Insubordinate, intractable, disobedient, mutinous, refractory, contumacious, seditious. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) rebellious rɪˈbeljəs adj. 1 insubordinate, defiant, mutinous, revolutionary, contumacious, insurgent, insurrectionary, seditious: The more rebellious students organized mass meetings against the university authorities. 2 unmanageable, disobedient, incorrigible, ungovernable, unruly, difficult, refractory, stubborn, obstinate, recalcitrant: They resented being treated as rebellious children. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 100 Moby Thesaurus words for "rebellious": alienated, beefing, bellyaching, bitching, breakaway, complaining, complaintful, contumacious, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, defiant, difficult, disaffected, disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, disobedient, displeased, disputatious, disputing, dissatisfied, dissentient, dissenting, envious, estranged, extreme, extremistic, factious, faultfinding, fractious, griping, grouchy, grousing, growling, grumbling, incorrigible, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, malcontent, malcontented, murmuring, mutineering, mutinous, muttering, noncooperative, objecting, obstinate, obstructive, on the barricades, out of humor, peevish, petulant, proof against, protesting, querulant, querulous, rebel, recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, renitent, repellent, resentful, resistant, resisting, resistive, restive, restless, retardant, retardative, revolutional, revolutionary, riotous, seditionary, seditious, stubborn, subversive, sulky, traitorous, treasonable, turbulent, unaccepting, unaccommodating, uncooperative, uneasy, unfulfilled, ungovernable, ungratified, unhappy, unmanageable, unruly, unsatisfied, unsubmissive, unyielding, up in arms, whiny, withstanding |
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