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. --
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
rebellious
adj 1: resisting control or authority; "temperamentally
rebellious"; "a rebellious crew"
2: discontented as toward authority [syn: disaffected, ill-affected,
malcontent]
3: participating in organized resistance to a constituted
government; "the rebelling confederacy" [syn: rebel(a),
rebelling(a)]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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