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[ ri-bel-yuhs ] / rɪˈbɛl yəs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR rebellious ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivedefying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel. pertaining to or characteristic of rebels or rebellion. (of things) resisting treatment; refractory. Origin of rebellious1400–50; late Middle English <Medieval Latin rebelliōsus, equivalent to Latin rebelli(ō) rebellion + -ōsus-ous SYNONYMS FOR rebellious1 defiant, insurgent, mutinous, seditious, rebel, refractory, disobedient, contumacious. SEE SYNONYMS FOR rebellious ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM rebelliousre·bel·lious·ly, adverbre·bel·lious·ness, nounhalf-re·bel·lious, adjectivehalf-re·bel·lious·ly, adverb half-re·bel·lious·ness, nounnon·re·bel·lious, adjectivenon·re·bel·lious·ly, adverbnon·re·bel·lious·ness, nounqua·si-re·bel·lious, adjectivequa·si-re·bel·lious·ly, adverbsem·i·re·bel·lious, adjectivesem·i·re·bel·lious·ly, adverbsem·i·re·bel·lious·ness, nounun·re·bel·lious, adjectiveun·re·bel·lious·ly, adverbun·re·bel·lious·ness, noun Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for rebelliousThe rebelliousness of music spoke to this child of hippies and Levine had found his subculture. The Buddhist Punk Reforming Drug Rehab|Stephen Krcmar|June 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST The rebelliousness of Byron seems a rebelliousness not so much deliberate and intellectual as instinctive and impulsive. Suspended Judgments|John Cowper Powys Renee thought she began to comprehend the spirit of Venice, and chided her rebelliousness. Beauchamp's Career, Complete|George Meredith I supposed, as a matter of course, that I should be sent to hell for my rebelliousness; still I rebelled. Modern Skepticism: A Journey Through the Land of Doubt and Back Again|Joseph Barker
Back of this rebelliousness lay a certain amount of British influence. The Old Northwest|Frederic Austin Ogg They were beyond hope, therefore, on account of their rebelliousness; he was not to be a reprover to them. The Prophet Ezekiel|Arno C. Gaebelein
British Dictionary definitions for rebellious
adjectiveshowing a tendency towards rebellion (of a problem, etc) difficult to overcome; refractory Derived forms of rebelliousrebelliously, adverbrebelliousness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to rebelliousalienated, restless, turbulent, disaffected, fractious, recalcitrant, warring, unruly, bellicose, contumacious, defiant, difficult, disloyal, disobedient, disorderly, dissident, factious, iconoclastic, incorrigible, insurgent |