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   Re·bel·lious

   /rəˈbelyəs/

   

   adjective

   • 1. showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention: "young people with a rebellious streak" Similar defiantdisobedientinsubordinateunrulyungovernableunmanageableuncontrollableturbulentmutinouswaywardobstreperousrecalcitrantrefractoryintractableresistantdissentientdisaffectedmalcontentnonconformistinformal:bolshiearchaic:contumaciousOpposite conformistcompliant
   • ▪ (of a person, city, or state) engaged in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or ruler: "the rebellious republics" Similar rebelinsurgentmutinousdisorderlylawlessout of controlmutinyingrebellingriotingriotousrevolutionaryseditioussubversivebreakawaytraitorousrenegaderare:insurrectionaryinsurrectionistOpposite obedientlaw-abiding
   • ▪ (of a thing) not easily handled or kept in place: "he smoothed back a rebellious lock of hair"

   Derivatives

   • 1. rebelliously adverb
   • 2. rebelliousness noun

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   What does rebellious mean?

   • He was praised as rebellious for his unquestioning acceptance of the rules. Rebellious definition: defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.. See examples of REBELLIOUS used in a sentence.

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   Where did the word rebellious come from?

   • The first records of the word rebellious come from the 1400s. It and related words, like rebel and rebellion, are derived from the Latin bell (um), which means “war” and is also the root of war-related words like antebellum, belligerent, and bellicose.

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   What is the meaning of rebel?

   • 1. a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against a government or ruler. 2. a person who resists any authority, control, or tradition. 3. ( usu. cap.) a Confederate soldier: used chiefly by Northerners. 4. rebellious; defiant. 5. of or pertaining to rebels. 6. to act as a rebel. 7. to show or feel utter repugnance.

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   What does it mean if a group of people is rebellious?

   • If a group of people are rebellious, they oppose the ideas of the people in authority and plan to change the system, often using force. If someone is rebellious, they are difficult to control and do not behave in the way that is expected. Her teachers regard her as a rebellious, trouble-making girl. 老师们认为她是一个不服管教、惹是生非的女孩子。

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   The meaning of REBELLIOUS is given to or engaged in rebellion. How to use rebellious in a sentence. given to or engaged in rebellion; of, relating to, or characteristic of a rebel or rebellion; resisting treatment or management : refractory…

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   Rebellious definition: defying or resisting some established authority, government, or tradition; insubordinate; inclined to rebel.. See examples of REBELLIOUS used in a sentence.

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   Add to word list. having strong feelings of disagreement with people in authority, an organization, or a government, esp. showing such feelings through force: A peace agreement was signed yesterday between the republic and its rebellious region. He was a rebellious young man.

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   Anywhere there's an authority, someone is probably acting rebellious toward it. Definitions of rebellious. adjective. resisting control or authority. “temperamentally rebellious ”. “a rebellious crew”. synonyms: insubordinate. not submissive to authority.

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   1 day ago · 1. resisting authority; engaged in rebellion. 2. of or like rebels or rebellion. 3. opposing any kind of control; defiant. 4. difficult to treat or handle. a rebellious cowlick.

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   Define rebellious. rebellious synonyms, rebellious pronunciation, rebellious translation, English dictionary definition of rebellious. adj. 1. Prone to or participating in a rebellion: rebellious army officers. See Synonyms at insubordinate. 2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a rebel...