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UK
/ɹɪbˈɛlɪəs/
]
[ US /ɹəˈbɛɫjəs, ɹɪˈbɛɫjəs/ ]
[ US /ɹəˈbɛɫjəs, ɹɪˈbɛɫjəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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resisting control or authority
temperamentally rebellious
a rebellious crew -
participating in organized resistance to a constituted government
the rebelling confederacy - discontented as toward authority
How To Use rebellious In A Sentence
- Later she took the impenitent young 'duffer' a tea cunningly designed to appeal to his rebellious heart, and spread it neatly on the big dimity-covered box in his bedroom; but Dick was implacable. The Gold-Stealers A Story of Waddy
- He had fallen for her rebellious daring personality the moment they met.
- At the same time, the province of Songkhla, which had been rebellious since 1678, was placed under French control.
- It made her bitter and resentful towards him, and all the more rebellious.
- The war booty was shared between a rebellious prince of Toungio and the king of Arakan.
- The film's dialogue is minimal and often earthy but it accurately captures the rebellious mood of the youth.
- Who could say that youth was rebellious. Bomber
- And you had the duct tape right there in your hand and coulda wrapped that rebellious cotter pin until it suffocated. Monday, Jan. 26 – The Bleat.
- Everything about the picture was perfect; even down to his few rebellious strands of hair by his neck.
- Second, mass incarceration serves to keep under near total control rebellious and potentially insurrectionary populations.