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rebellious

rebellious

3 definitions found for rebellious

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rebellious \Re*bel"lious\ (r[-e]*b[e^]l"y[u^]s), 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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :

  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"

From 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