rebellious

English

Alternative forms

rebellous (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹəˈbɛliəs/, /ɹəˈbɛljəs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɛliəs
Hyphenation: re‧bel‧lious

Adjective

rebellious (comparative more rebellious, superlative most rebellious)

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

Antonyms

docile

Derived terms

Translations

showing rebellion

Arabic: عَاصٍ (ʕāṣin)
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 (hu), ellenszegülő (hu), engedetlen (hu), rebellis (hu)
Irish: easumhal
Italian: ribelle (it)
Japanese: 反抗的な (ja) (hankōteki na)
Korean: 반항적인 (banhangjeogin)
Kyrgyz: тынчсыз (tıncsız)
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 ('āsī)
Uzbek: osiy (uz)
Welsh: gwrthryfelgar (cy)
West Frisian: opstandich

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)

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.

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