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rebellious

  • adjective
  • re·bel·lious
  • /ɹəˈbɛliəs/

Showing rebellion.

Antonyms

  • docile

Related words

  • nonrebellious
  • unrebellious
  • rebelliously
  • rebelliousness

Example sentences

  • “Rebellious teenagers often threaten to run away from home.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Middle English "rebellious".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “rebellious” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.