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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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