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1. (adj.) rebellious
defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition.
2. rebellious
pertaining to or characteristic of rebels or rebellion.
3. rebellious
(of things or animals) resisting management or treatment; refractory.
Etymology: (1400–50; < ML rebelliōsus < L rebelli(ō)rebellion)
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| Definition of 'rebellious' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) rebellious
resisting control or authority
"temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew"
2. (adj) disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious
discontented as toward authority
3. (adj) rebellious
participating in organized resistance to a constituted government
"the rebelling confederacy"
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1. (adjective) rebellious
showing opposition to authority
a rebellious two-year-old
2. rebellious
fighting against the government
rebellious militants
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| Definition of 'rebellious' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) rebellious
engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force
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Sense: rebelling or likely to rebel
rebellious troops/children.
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 Afrikaans: rebels |
 Arabic: ثائِر، مُتَمَرِّد |
 Bulgarian: непокорен |
 Brazilian: rebelde |
 Czech: povstalecký; vzpurný |
 German: rebellisch |
 Danish: oprørsk |
 Greek: επαναστατημένος, απείθαρχ |
 Spanish: rebelde |
 Estonian: mässuline |
 Farsi: شورشی؛ یاغی |
 Finnish: kapinoiva |
 French: rebelle |
 Hebrew: מַרדָן |
 Hindi: विद्रोही, उद्धत, अक्खड़, |
 Croatian: buntovan, neposlušan |
 Hungarian: lázadó |
 Indonesian: suka melawan |
 Icelandic: uppreisnargjarn |
 Italian: ribelle |
 Japanese: 反抗的な |
 Korean: 반항하는 |
 Lithuanian: maištingas, nepaklusnus |
 Latvian: dumpīgs; nemiernieku- |
 Malay: suka memberontak |
 Dutch: opstandig |
 Norwegian: opprørsk |
 Polish: zbuntowany |
 Persian: شورشی؛ یاغی |
 Pashto: ياغى، سركش، پساتى |
 Portuguese: rebelde |
 Romanian: rebel; nesupus |
 Russian: мятежный; непослушный |
 Slovak: povstalecký; vzdorovitý |
 Slovenian: uporen |
 Serbian: pobunjenički |
 Swedish: upprorisk, rebellisk |
 Thai: ซึ่งก่อการกบฏ |
 Turkish: isyankâr, asi |
 Taiwanese: 反叛的，叛逆的 |
 Ukrainian: бунтарський, заколотний |
 Urdu: باغی |
 Vietnamese: nổi loạn |
 Chinese: 反叛的，反抗的 |
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