rebellious
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4.5
- adjective
- /rɪˈbɛljəs/
:
rebelde
- Furthermore, both characters are connected through the antiauthoritarian and rebellious bent they exhibit.
- rebellious behavior
- a rebellious child
- a rebellious son
And so, yeah, I think I was rebellious, mischievous, funny.
- And so, yeah, I think I was rebellious, mischievous, funny.
- Employees are fun, rebellious extroverts who make their own rules.
- Galileo Galilei was a rebellious genius in science.
- You know, you started becoming rebellious a little shortly after that.
- I was just like, well, then I won't work 'cause, you know, I was very rebellious sometimes in that way.
- And so I was just that kind of teenager, really out of control, really rebellious.
- I understand if you're terrified of any any more, any more kind of thinking that leads to rebellious thoughts.
- It felt like it was too rebellious for this little conservative Christian little white boy in Bowie's Creek.
- I don't know if you're familiar with Jim and he he, he is trying to sort of be a little bit rebellious and to try to think that he, he quotes me as being wrong.
- You were way more rebellious, but like way more like.
- You tell me if you have a rebellious child that in fact you say is ODD.
- I was not a as rebellious as Cassie was.
Examples
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Maybe more importantly, Joao is a rebel by nature, and he has the technical skills to convert that rebellious spirit into solid theoretical work.
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As the months passed, he became more and more rebellious, always in trouble of one kind or another.
Fiction book (1999) -
There was a rebellious nature, but rebellious in a in a positive way.
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Very smart boy, but quite rebellious too.
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That was when he was going through his rebellious phase.
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Like I have such a rebellious attitude towards authority.
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And so, yeah, I think I was rebellious, mischievous, funny.
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Galileo Galilei was a rebellious genius in science.
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To maintain order, he instructed the clergy to curb the "rebellious temper among the women of London."
Fiction book (1991) -
The rebellious teenager often questioned the rules set by his parents.
Synonyms
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5.6
Refusing to follow rules or orders in a bold, open way
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4.3
Difficult to control and messy or noisy
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4.3
Refusing to accept change or obey people in charge
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7.3
Not happy with people in charge and not willing to support them
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4.6
Unable to control yourself or follow rules
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8.1
Refusing to follow orders or respect someone in charge
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8.1
Not willing to follow rules or accept control
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4.0
Refuses to obey rules or people in charge
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8.6
To refuse to obey leaders and show open rebellion
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9.9
Hard to control or train and does not obey people in charge
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9.9
Being stubborn and refusing to obey people in charge, for example a court
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7.3
A person who insists on doing what they want and often disobeys others
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8.5
Unhappy and likely to complain or rebel against authority
Likely to oppose rules or orders
Antonyms
How Rebellious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rebellious comes from the Latin parts re- and bellare, where re- can mean 'against' and bellare comes from a word for 'war'. So a rebellious person is like someone who 'fights' or pushes back against rules or authority.