rebellious (adj.)

  1. resisting control or authority; temperamentally rebellious; a rebellious crew'

  2. discontented as toward authority

    [ Syn: disaffected , ill-affected , malcontent ]

  3. participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; the rebelling confederacy'

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