1 unwilling to obey rules or accept normal standards of behaviour, dress, etc:
rebellious teenagers * He has always had a rebellious streak.
2 opposed to the government of a country; opposed to those in authority within an organization:
rebellious cities / factions * Rebellious back-benchers are threatening to vote against the government.
rebelliously adverb:
'I don't care!' she said rebelliously.
rebelliousness noun [U]
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of rebellious come from?
This entry for rebellious is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is rebellious a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, rebellious is tagged as adjective.
Does rebellious appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — rebellious appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
