| disobedient | | |
| adj. | 1. disobedient | not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority.; "disobedient children" |
| ~ incorrigible | impervious to correction by punishment. |
| ~ defiant, noncompliant | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force.; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude" |
| ~ bad | having undesirable or negative qualities.; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
| ~ difficult, unmanageable | hard to control.; "a difficult child"; "an unmanageable situation" |
| ~ wayward, perverse, contrary, obstinate | resistant to guidance or discipline.; "Mary Mary quite contrary"; "an obstinate child with a violent temper"; "a perverse mood"; "wayward behavior" |
| ~ fractious, recalcitrant, refractory | stubbornly resistant to authority or control.; "a fractious animal that would not submit to the harness"; "a refractory child" |
| ~ froward, headstrong, self-willed, wilful, willful | habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition. |
| ~ recusant | refusing to submit to authority.; "the recusant electors...cooperated in electing a new Senate" |
| ~ obstinate, stubborn, unregenerate | tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield. |
| ~ intractable | not tractable; difficult to manage or mold.; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal" |
| adj. | 2. disobedient, unruly | unwilling to submit to authority.; "unruly teenagers" |
| ~ insubordinate | not submissive to authority.; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys" |
| rebellious | | |
| adj. | 1. rebellious | resisting control or authority.; "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew" |
| ~ insubordinate | not submissive to authority.; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys" |
| adj. | 2. disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious | discontented as toward authority. |
| ~ discontent, discontented | showing or experiencing dissatisfaction or restless longing.; "saw many discontent faces in the room"; "was discontented with his position" |
| adj. | 3. rebellious | participating in organized resistance to a constituted government.; "the rebelling confederacy" |
| ~ disloyal | deserting your allegiance or duty to leader or cause or principle.; "disloyal aides revealed his indiscretions to the papers" |
| rebel | | |
| n. (person) | 1. greyback, johnny, johnny reb, reb, rebel | `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms. |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ confederate soldier | a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. |
| n. (person) | 2. freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel | a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions). |
| ~ mutineer | someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers). |
| ~ crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer | a disputant who advocates reform. |
| ~ revolutionary, revolutionist, subversive, subverter | a radical supporter of political or social revolution. |
| ~ young turk | a member of one or more of the insurgent groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against the absolutism of Ottoman rule. |
| ~ nat turner, turner | United States slave and insurrectionist who in 1831 led a rebellion of slaves in Virginia; he was captured and executed (1800-1831). |
| ~ denmark vesey, vesey | United States freed slave and insurrectionist in South Carolina who was involved in planning an uprising of slaves and was hanged (1767-1822). |
| ~ sir william wallace, wallace | Scottish insurgent who led the resistance to Edward I; in 1297 he gained control of Scotland briefly until Edward invaded Scotland again and defeated Wallace and subsequently executed him (1270-1305). |
| n. (person) | 3. maverick, rebel | someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action. |
| ~ recusant, nonconformist | someone who refuses to conform to established standards of conduct. |
| v. (social) | 4. arise, rebel, rise, rise up | take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance. |
| ~ dissent, protest, resist | express opposition through action or words.; "dissent to the laws of the country" |
| ~ revolt | make revolution.; "The people revolted when bread prices tripled again" |
| ~ mutiny | engage in a mutiny against an authority. |
| v. (social) | 5. rebel, renegade | break with established customs. |
| ~ dissent, protest, resist | express opposition through action or words.; "dissent to the laws of the country" |
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