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- pronunciation:
- rih
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
unwilling to accept one's situation or submit to the will of others.
The others tolerated the injustices, but she was rebellious.- synonyms:
- insurgent, rebel
- antonyms:
- patient, resigned, submissive, tolerant
- similar words:
- lawless, mutinous, revolting, revolutionary, riotous, seditious, subversive, traitorous, treasonable
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| definition 2: |
resisting what is conventional or restrictive.
- antonyms:
- conventional
- similar words:
- antisocial, bohemian, contumacious, defiant, insubordinate, lawless, rebel, recalcitrant, resistant, resistive, unconventional
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| definition 3: |
unruly; unmanageable.
- synonyms:
- unmanageable, unruly
- similar words:
- contumacious, defiant, disobedient, incorrigible, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, riotous, uncontrollable, undisciplined, wayward, wild
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| definition 4: |
of or characteristic of a rebellion or rebels.
rebellious forces- similar words:
- rebel
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| related words: |
perverse, radical, renegade |
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| derivations: |
rebelliously (adv.), rebelliousness (n.) |
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