"rebellious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ɹəˈbɛliəs/, /ɹəˈbɛljəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rebellious.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more rebellious [comparative], most rebellious [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɛliəs Etymology: From Middle English rebellious; equivalent to rebel + -ious. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|rebellious}} Middle English rebellious, {{af|en|rebel|-ious}} rebel + -ious Head templates: {{en-adj}} rebellious (comparative more rebellious, superlative most rebellious)
  1. Showing rebellion. Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: defiant, restive, rebellous [archaic] Derived forms: rebelliously, rebelliousness Translations (showing rebellion): عَاصٍ (ʕāṣin) (Arabic), متمرد (motamárred) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), متمردة (motamarréda) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), متمردين (motamarredīn) [Egyptian-Arabic, plural] (Arabic), üsyankar (Azerbaijani), asi [dated] (Azerbaijani), бунтовнически (buntovničeski) (Bulgarian), непокорен (nepokoren) (Bulgarian), rebel (Catalan), 叛逆的 (Chinese Mandarin), 造反的 (Chinese Mandarin), 反抗的 (Chinese Mandarin), opstandig (Dutch), ribelema (Esperanto), ribela (Esperanto), kapinallinen (Finnish), kapinoiva (Finnish), rebelle (French), rétif (French), rebelde (Galician), guerrilleiro (Galician), aufsässig (German), rebellisch (German), ανυπότακτος (anypótaktos) (Greek), lázadó (Hungarian), zendülő (Hungarian), ellenszegülő (Hungarian), engedetlen (Hungarian), rebellis (Hungarian), easumhal (Irish), ribelle (Italian), 反抗的な (hankōteki na) (Japanese), 반항적인 (banhangjeogin) (Korean), тынчсыз (tıncsız) (Kyrgyz), rebellis (Latin), r'bêle (Norman), عاصی (Ottoman Turkish), rebelde (Portuguese), мяте́жный (mjatéžnyj) (Russian), повста́нческий (povstánčeskij) (Russian), бунту́ющий (buntújuščij) (Russian), бунта́рский (buntárskij) (Russian), rebelde (Spanish), levantisco (Spanish), contestatario (Spanish), asi (Turkish), عاصی ('āsī) (Urdu), osiy (Uzbek), gwrthryfelgar (Welsh), opstandich (West Frisian)
    Sense id: en-rebellious-en-adj-3j4PBazT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ious

Alternative forms

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      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "aufsässig"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "showing rebellion",
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      "roman": "hankōteki na",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "反抗的な"
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "banhangjeogin",
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    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "tıncsız",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "тынчсыз"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "rebellis"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "r'bêle"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "عاصی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "rebelde"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mjatéžnyj",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "мяте́жный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "povstánčeskij",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "повста́нческий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "buntújuščij",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "бунту́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "buntárskij",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "бунта́рский"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "rebelde"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "levantisco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "contestatario"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "asi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "'āsī",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "عاصی"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "osiy"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "gwrthryfelgar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "showing rebellion",
      "word": "opstandich"
    }
  ],
  "word": "rebellious"
}

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