Associations to the word «Rebellious»

Wiktionary

REBELLIOUS, adjective. Showing rebellion.

Dictionary definition

REBELLIOUS, adjective. Resisting control or authority; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew".
REBELLIOUS, adjective. Discontented as toward authority.
REBELLIOUS, adjective. Participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; "the rebelling confederacy".

Wise words

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Nathaniel Hawthorne