Synonyms for rebellious
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : ri-bel-yuhs |
Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈbɛl yəs |
Top 10 synonyms for rebellious
- bellicose
- contumacious
- defiant
- difficult
- disloyal
- disobedient
- disorderly
- dissident
- factious
- iconoclastic
- incorrigible
- individualistic
- insurgent
- insurrectionary
- intractable
- mutinous
- obstinate
- pugnacious
- quarrelsome
- radical
- rebel
- refractory
- resistant
- revolutionary
- rioting
- riotous
- sabotaging
- seditious
- threatening
- treasonable
- ungovernable
Définition of rebellious
Origin :- early 15c., from Latin rebellis (see rebel (adj.)) + -ous. Related: Rebelliously; rebelliousness.
- adj disobedient, unmanageable
- Tillie, afraid of her rebellious spirit, went to prayer meeting.
- Extract from : « K » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
- She could not bear that hurt, rebellious, lonely look which they had worn.
- Extract from : « Chip, of the Flying U » by B. M. Bower
- At last it lost its power, and could not help her in checking her rebellious thoughts.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- The governor, a coward or a traitor, rendered thee to the rebellious crowd.
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- To bring it from its haughty, rebellious pedestal, down to cordiality and love.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- She was there, the dear saint, and had never left her rebellious child.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Charlemagne crushed the rebellious Saxon spirit and conquered Bavaria.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- But mirth was rebellious, and Sandoz himself ended by becoming gloomy.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- However, your remark is quite correct; you other fellows, you are rebellious sons.
- Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
- He led the way and I followed, rebellious, and angry, not so much with him as with myself.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
Antonyms for rebellious
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