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Adjective: rebellious  ri'bel-yus [N. Amer], ri'be-lee-us [Brit]
  1. Resisting control or authority
    "temperamentally rebellious"; "a rebellious crew"
     
  2. Discontented as toward authority
    - disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent
     
  3. Participating in organized resistance to a constituted government

See also: discontent, discontented, disloyal, insubordinate, rebellion, rebelliously, rebelliousness

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