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Definition of rebellious in English: rebelliousadjective rɪˈbɛljəsrəˈbɛljəs 1Showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention. I became very rebellious and opted out Example sentencesExamples - Be your quirky self, but resist being rebellious.
- She had played along as a child to keep both Meredith and her father happy, but as she grew up she had discovered her rebellious streak and the courage to make her own decisions.
- Similarly, representations of the loyal house slave contrasted with representations of the field slaves as cunning and rebellious.
- He has a stubborn streak and definite strains of a rebellious nature, partly cultivated by his circumstances, which give him an appetite for dispute.
- And if you file this under, I don't know, rebellious against authority or something, well, it is, yes.
- Maintaining that they had at least struggled to suppress their own rebellious desires, they would not countenance their daughter's refusal to do the same.
- In my experience this taps into children's thirst for moral absolutes, for a cause to believe in and fight for - even into their rebellious streak.
- As a teenager, Kureishi responded to the racist taunts by immersing himself in rock music and nurturing his rebellious streak.
- These social invitations are generally issued at moments when his rebellious desires become most manifest, and he invariably declines them.
- Betty's punctiliousness and house-cleanliness drive Peter mad; in turn, his strong rebellious streak and disobeying of her house orders get under her skin.
- If that was attitude for most, Samantha quickly showed that there was more to come; she swiftly became rebellious and resisted any order that came her way.
- He couldn't boast of a youthful zest nor could he of a rebellious streak of fashion consciousness.
- I am reinforced in this finding by the evidence of the plaintiff's rebellious attitude towards school attendance and by his resistance to parental authority.
- Maybe he gets his rebellious streak from his mother, who stood up to her whole family.
- This model is rebellious and fearful of authority as a vehicle of control.
- Others, then, have spotted that restless, rebellious streak in him, which made a military career impossible.
- They are indications of a slightly rebellious streak.
- In a world seen by many as being dictated by US foreign policy, there is plenty to be angry about; to protest against; and to be rebellious over.
- There will always be rebellious elements, challenging authority, pushing it as far as it can be pushed.
- Ask just about anyone and you'll soon find out that he is not your typical teenager with an unmistakable rebellious streak.
Synonyms defiant, disobedient, insubordinate, unruly, ungovernable, unmanageable, uncontrollable, turbulent, mutinous, wayward, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, intractable, resistant, dissentient, disaffected, malcontent nonconformist British informal bolshie archaic contumacious - 1.1 Engaged in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or leader.
Example sentencesExamples - Thus, criticising young people and negatively stereotyping them as rebellious, met with strong aversion from the youth and children alike.
- It's an examination of early childhood dynamics and a rebellious attack on authority.
- His position is akin to that of the rebellious dissenters of the seventeenth century.
- The state's authorities also felt that the rebellious people of Konigsberg probably deserved the treatment they got from the soldiers.
- Leaders fear that setting strict limits will either cause rebellious behavior or make them unpopular.
- Although Hannibal's army consisted of men of various races, they were never rebellious because they feared their leader.
- For much of the latter half of the 20th century, starting in the rebellious 1960s, the established order was suspect.
- Second, mass incarceration serves to keep under near total control rebellious and potentially insurrectionary populations.
- His own ancestor had put down one of the rebellious leaders.
- The longstanding and canny leader of this rebellious crew is set to step down this summer.
- Draw an easy contrast between a rebellious son and a docile one.
- Other cartoons express a fear of collusion between British authorities, the rebellious Irish, and the Catholic Church.
- Russia has been trying to pull the small, rebellious mountain republic back into its fold since the crumbling of the Soviet Union.
- The more they criticised me, the more resistant and rebellious I became.
- At the same time, the province of Songkhla, which had been rebellious since 1678, was placed under French control.
- The underlying assumption that an actively rebellious people has been waiting for leadership, or working to organize itself, has also been wrong.
- There is no denying the fact that the military operation in the rebellious republic is looked upon by Russian society as a virtual reality, as someone else's war, a horror movie that no one wants to watch.
- In a sense I agree that it may be too late to keep the rebellious province in the north within the republic.
- He launched the second invasion to retake by force the rebellious republic.
- His son was only nine years old, and so England, defeated on the Continent, was ruled by a regency - one controlled by those very same rebellious barons.
Synonyms rebel, insurgent, mutinous, disorderly, lawless, out of control, mutinying, rebelling, rioting, riotous, revolutionary, seditious, subversive breakaway, traitorous, renegade rare insurrectionary, insurrectionist - 1.2 (of a thing) not easily controlled or kept in place.
he smoothed back a rebellious lock of hair Example sentencesExamples - There was a breeze, and her rebellious hair began cascading down from the knot she'd put it in that morning.
- He pulled it back into a ponytail at the nape of his neck, with a few rebellious strands of hair in his eyes.
- Everything about the picture was perfect; even down to his few rebellious strands of hair by his neck.
- We sat side by side on a sofa with rebellious springs and a layer of cat hair.
- So upon deciding the fresh air might do me some good, I wrestled my rebellious hair into a ponytail, dressed, and headed out the door.
- He ran a hand over his blonde hair, grimacing slightly at the rebellious strands that refused his taming attempts.
- I irritably brushed rebellious strands of golden brown hair off my face.
- The difference was Ali had tame jet-black hair in contrast to Rayne's rebellious brown mane.
- Now,’ she smiled, brushing back a few rebellious locks of Kitty's hair from her face, ‘eat your breakfast.’
- Pushing a rebellious lock of hair away from her face, Violette moved slowly to where her mother was resting, bracing herself for all the reprimands she knew was going to come her way.
- Jamie didn't let go of his chin, but brushed a rebellious lock of blonde hair off his forehead.
- Her slender fingers raked into her ebony hair, holding the rebellious locks away from her face.
- I finally managed to force my rebellious hair into two messy buns and proceeded to dress myself in my new uniform.
- Although the effect was supposed to be reserved and dignified, his wig was slipping, revealing a few rebellious black hairs beneath it.
- I smoothed a rebellious hair into place and turned to walk out of my room, desperately hoping that the dinner I was about to go to was a pleasant one.
- One is brown, loose, civilised, and there is this whirlwind next to it - the other - as black as the girl's rebellious hair.
Derivatives adverb rɪˈbɛljəslirəˈbɛljəsli Stray locks that had rebelliously escaped the binding dangled gently on his cheeks and forehead as he bent over. Example sentencesExamples - The sixteen-year-old rebelliously stuck her tongue out at the thirty-three - year-old maid, and got out of bed.
- The tears would rebelliously flow down my face as I tried to focus on something besides the slow moving moments.
- She looked at him rebelliously before saying, ‘I have to.’
- I got up, without my plate, and stood rigidly and rebelliously in my spot.
noun rɪˈbɛljəsnəsrəˈbɛljəsnəs There's a difference between rebelliousness and independence. Example sentencesExamples - I thought he was very truthful and very funny, and I was drawn to his rebelliousness, the irreverence.
- The rebelliousness of teenagers in the 1950s and 60s happened against a formidable structure of convinced, if largely unexamined, certainties.
- So, this big stage that we were put on under this bright spotlight was the only place I had to play out the rebelliousness that I think everybody goes through at some point to one degree or another.
- The works also reveal the cultural influences of the artist, who spent his youth listening to punk music that celebrates rebelliousness, an aspect that also appears frequently in his characters.
Definition of rebellious in US English: rebelliousadjectiverəˈbɛljəsrəˈbelyəs 1Showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention. young people with a rebellious streak Example sentencesExamples - This model is rebellious and fearful of authority as a vehicle of control.
- And if you file this under, I don't know, rebellious against authority or something, well, it is, yes.
- She had played along as a child to keep both Meredith and her father happy, but as she grew up she had discovered her rebellious streak and the courage to make her own decisions.
- Maintaining that they had at least struggled to suppress their own rebellious desires, they would not countenance their daughter's refusal to do the same.
- Ask just about anyone and you'll soon find out that he is not your typical teenager with an unmistakable rebellious streak.
- In a world seen by many as being dictated by US foreign policy, there is plenty to be angry about; to protest against; and to be rebellious over.
- I am reinforced in this finding by the evidence of the plaintiff's rebellious attitude towards school attendance and by his resistance to parental authority.
- There will always be rebellious elements, challenging authority, pushing it as far as it can be pushed.
- In my experience this taps into children's thirst for moral absolutes, for a cause to believe in and fight for - even into their rebellious streak.
- He couldn't boast of a youthful zest nor could he of a rebellious streak of fashion consciousness.
- If that was attitude for most, Samantha quickly showed that there was more to come; she swiftly became rebellious and resisted any order that came her way.
- He has a stubborn streak and definite strains of a rebellious nature, partly cultivated by his circumstances, which give him an appetite for dispute.
- Be your quirky self, but resist being rebellious.
- They are indications of a slightly rebellious streak.
- Others, then, have spotted that restless, rebellious streak in him, which made a military career impossible.
- These social invitations are generally issued at moments when his rebellious desires become most manifest, and he invariably declines them.
- Similarly, representations of the loyal house slave contrasted with representations of the field slaves as cunning and rebellious.
- Maybe he gets his rebellious streak from his mother, who stood up to her whole family.
- As a teenager, Kureishi responded to the racist taunts by immersing himself in rock music and nurturing his rebellious streak.
- Betty's punctiliousness and house-cleanliness drive Peter mad; in turn, his strong rebellious streak and disobeying of her house orders get under her skin.
Synonyms defiant, disobedient, insubordinate, unruly, ungovernable, unmanageable, uncontrollable, turbulent, mutinous, wayward, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, intractable, resistant, dissentient, disaffected, malcontent - 1.1 (of a person, city, or state) engaged in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or ruler.
Example sentencesExamples - Second, mass incarceration serves to keep under near total control rebellious and potentially insurrectionary populations.
- Leaders fear that setting strict limits will either cause rebellious behavior or make them unpopular.
- He launched the second invasion to retake by force the rebellious republic.
- The state's authorities also felt that the rebellious people of Konigsberg probably deserved the treatment they got from the soldiers.
- At the same time, the province of Songkhla, which had been rebellious since 1678, was placed under French control.
- His son was only nine years old, and so England, defeated on the Continent, was ruled by a regency - one controlled by those very same rebellious barons.
- In a sense I agree that it may be too late to keep the rebellious province in the north within the republic.
- His position is akin to that of the rebellious dissenters of the seventeenth century.
- His own ancestor had put down one of the rebellious leaders.
- Although Hannibal's army consisted of men of various races, they were never rebellious because they feared their leader.
- The underlying assumption that an actively rebellious people has been waiting for leadership, or working to organize itself, has also been wrong.
- It's an examination of early childhood dynamics and a rebellious attack on authority.
- Draw an easy contrast between a rebellious son and a docile one.
- There is no denying the fact that the military operation in the rebellious republic is looked upon by Russian society as a virtual reality, as someone else's war, a horror movie that no one wants to watch.
- Thus, criticising young people and negatively stereotyping them as rebellious, met with strong aversion from the youth and children alike.
- Russia has been trying to pull the small, rebellious mountain republic back into its fold since the crumbling of the Soviet Union.
- For much of the latter half of the 20th century, starting in the rebellious 1960s, the established order was suspect.
- Other cartoons express a fear of collusion between British authorities, the rebellious Irish, and the Catholic Church.
- The longstanding and canny leader of this rebellious crew is set to step down this summer.
- The more they criticised me, the more resistant and rebellious I became.
Synonyms rebel, insurgent, mutinous, disorderly, lawless, out of control, mutinying, rebelling, rioting, riotous, revolutionary, seditious, subversive - 1.2 (of a thing) not easily handled or kept in place.
he smoothed back a rebellious lock of hair Example sentencesExamples - The difference was Ali had tame jet-black hair in contrast to Rayne's rebellious brown mane.
- I finally managed to force my rebellious hair into two messy buns and proceeded to dress myself in my new uniform.
- He ran a hand over his blonde hair, grimacing slightly at the rebellious strands that refused his taming attempts.
- There was a breeze, and her rebellious hair began cascading down from the knot she'd put it in that morning.
- I smoothed a rebellious hair into place and turned to walk out of my room, desperately hoping that the dinner I was about to go to was a pleasant one.
- Although the effect was supposed to be reserved and dignified, his wig was slipping, revealing a few rebellious black hairs beneath it.
- Her slender fingers raked into her ebony hair, holding the rebellious locks away from her face.
- Everything about the picture was perfect; even down to his few rebellious strands of hair by his neck.
- Now,’ she smiled, brushing back a few rebellious locks of Kitty's hair from her face, ‘eat your breakfast.’
- I irritably brushed rebellious strands of golden brown hair off my face.
- Jamie didn't let go of his chin, but brushed a rebellious lock of blonde hair off his forehead.
- Pushing a rebellious lock of hair away from her face, Violette moved slowly to where her mother was resting, bracing herself for all the reprimands she knew was going to come her way.
- He pulled it back into a ponytail at the nape of his neck, with a few rebellious strands of hair in his eyes.
- We sat side by side on a sofa with rebellious springs and a layer of cat hair.
- One is brown, loose, civilised, and there is this whirlwind next to it - the other - as black as the girl's rebellious hair.
- So upon deciding the fresh air might do me some good, I wrestled my rebellious hair into a ponytail, dressed, and headed out the door.
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