rebellious

rebellious

English

Alternative forms

• rebellous (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English rebellious; equivalent to rebel +‎ -ious.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹəˈbɛliəs/, /ɹəˈbɛljəs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛliəs
• Hyphenation: re‧bel‧lious

Adjective

rebellious (comparative more rebellious, superlative most rebellious)

1. Showing rebellion.
   • 2014 April 17, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Thursday, Apr 17, 2014:

     "Tedd's feeling a bit rebellious." "I'm not rebelling! I'm self actualizing! By rebelling."

Synonyms

• defiant
• restive

Antonyms

• docile

Derived terms

• rebelliously
• rebelliousness

 

Translations

showing rebellion

Arabic: عَاصٍ‎ (ʿāṣin) Egyptian Arabic: متمرد‎ m (motamárred), متمردة‎ f (motamarréda), متمردين‎ pl (motamarredīn) Azerbaijani: üsyankar, asi (az) (dated) Bulgarian: бунтовнически (bg) (buntovničeski), непокорен (bg) (nepokoren) Catalan: rebel (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 叛逆的, 造反的，反抗的 Dutch: opstandig (nl) Esperanto: ribelema, ribela Finnish: kapinallinen (fi), kapinoiva (fi) French: rebelle (fr), rétif (fr) Galician: rebelde, guerrilleiro German: aufsässig (de), rebellisch (de) Greek: ανυπότακτος (el) (anypótaktos) Hungarian: lázadó (hu), zendülő, ellenszegülő (hu), engedetlen (hu), rebellis (hu) Irish: easumhal Italian: ribelle (it) Japanese: 反抗的な (ja) (hankōteki na) Korean: 반항적인 (banhangjeogin) Kyrgyz: тынчсыз (tınçsız) Latin: rebellis Norman: r'bêle Ottoman Turkish: عاصی‎ Portuguese: rebelde (pt) Russian: мяте́жный (ru) (mjatéžnyj), повста́нческий (ru) (povstánčeskij), бунту́ющий (ru) (buntújuščij), бунта́рский (ru) (buntárskij) Spanish: rebelde (es), levantisco (es), contestatario (es) Turkish: asi (tr) Urdu: عاصی‎ Uzbek: osiy (uz) Welsh: gwrthryfelgar (cy) West Frisian: opstandich

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• rebellous, rebellyus, rebellouse

Etymology

From rebellen +‎ -ous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rɛˈbɛliuːs/, /rɛˈbɛljuːs/, /rɛˈbɛluːs/, /rɛˈbɛlius/, /rɛˈbɛljus/, /rɛˈbɛlus/

Adjective

rebellious (Late Middle English)

1. Refusing to submit to authorities; rebellious.

Descendants

• English: rebellious

References

• “rebelliǒus, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-16.