Rebellious

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  • adjective. Prone to or participating in a rebellion: synonym: insubordinate.
  • adjective. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a rebel or rebellion.
  • adjective. Characterized by or expressing resistance to or defiance of authority or convention.
  • adjective. Resistant to treatment or adjustment.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Acting as a rebel, or having the disposition of one; defying lawful authority; openly disobedient or insubordinate.
  • Pertaining to or characteristic of a rebel or rebellion; of rebel character, relation, or use.
  • Hard to treat or deal with; resisting effort or operation; refractory: applied to things.
  • Synonyms Insubordinate, disobedient. See insurgent, n., and insurrection.
  • Specifically, in metallurgy, difficult to reduce; requiring extra manipulation or extreme heat: said of ores from which it is difficult to separate the metal.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Showing rebellion.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. participating in organized resistance to a constituted government
  • adjective. discontented as toward authority
  • adjective. resisting control or authority
  • Word Usage
    "It was not until 1900s and what I call the rebellious generation, that Zionists and their Aparthied goals entered the Middle East and Palestine with help of the British Empire, this empire in this era changing from coal to oil used to drive their Navy."
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