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Definition of Rebellious

1. Adjective. Resisting control or authority. "A rebellious crew"

2. Adjective. Discontented as toward authority.

3. Adjective. Participating in organized resistance to a constituted government. "The rebelling confederacy"

Definition of Rebellious

1. a. Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force.

Definition of Rebellious

1. Adjective. Showing rebellion. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rebellious

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rebellious

rebel without a cause rebeldom rebeldoms rebelieve rebelieved rebelieves rebelieving rebelled rebeller rebellers

rebelleth rebelling rebelling(a) rebellion rebellions rebellious (current term) rebelliously rebelliousness rebellow rebellowed

rebellowing rebellows rebels rebend rebending rebends rebent rebetika rebetiko rebid

Literary usage of Rebellious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of Abraham Lincoln, and the Overthrow of Slavery by Isaac Newton Arnold (1866)
"... OVER rebellious AND BELLIGERENT TERRITORY—THE LEGAL STATUS OF rebellious ... DECISIONS—MAY CONDITIONS BE IMPOSED UPON rebellious STATES, BEFORE BEING ..."

2. The Harleian Miscellany: Or, A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and by William Oldys, John Malham (1811)
"WHEREAS we arc informed, by our dear aunt, the queen of England, of the distressed estate of the king her husband, forci-d upon him by a rebellious party of ..."

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