rebellious

adj.反抗的,难控制的

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
rebellious (adjective)
1.
a) given to or engaged in - rebellion rebellious troops
b) of, relating to, or characteristic of a or rebellion - rebel a rebellious speech
2.
resisting treatment or management - refractory
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
rebellious (adjective)
1.
taking part in a rebellion
SYNONYMS:
insurgent, insurrectionary, mutinous, revolutionary
RELATED WORDS:
seditious, traitorous, treacherous, treasonous; agitating, demagogic, rabble-rousing; defiant, disobedient, insubordinate, intractable, recalcitrant, refractory, restive, ungovernable, unruly
NEAR ANTONYMS:
constant, devoted, loyal, staunch ( stanch), steadfast, true, true-blue; compliant, obedient, submissive, tractable
rebellious (adjective)
2.
given to resisting authority or another's control
SYNONYMS:
balky, contrary, contumacious, defiant, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful ( wilful)
RELATED WORDS:
noncooperative, uncooperative; insurgent, mutinous; adamant, adamantine, dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inflexible, mulish, negativistic, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, peevish, pertinacious, pigheaded, rigid, self-willed, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding; fractious, restive, uncontrollable, unmanageable, wild; perverse, resistant, wrongheaded; bad, disorderly, errant, misbehaving, mischievous, monkeying, monkeyish, naughty; undisciplined; dissident, nonconformist; discourteous, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, ill-natured, impertinent, impolite, impudent, inconsiderate, insolent, ornery, rude, uncivil, uncouth, ungracious, unmannerly
NEAR ANTONYMS:
acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, cooperative, deferential, obliging; yielding; behaved, disciplined, well-bred; courteous, polite, respectful; kowtowing, obsequious, servile, slavish, subservient; decorous, mannerly, orderly, proper; controllable, governable, manageable, trainable
amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, obedient, ruly, submissive, tractable
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