rebellious

English

Alternative forms

rebellous (archaic)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ɛliəs

Adjective

rebellious (comparative more rebellious, superlative most rebellious)

Showing rebellion.

Synonyms

Antonyms

docile

Translations

showing rebellion

Catalan: rebel (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 叛逆的, 造反的，反抗的
Dutch: opstandig (nl)
Esperanto: ribelema
Finnish: kapinallinen (fi), kapinoiva (fi)
French: rebelle (fr) m or f, rétif (fr) m
German: aufsässig (de), rebellisch
Greek: ανυπότακτος (el) (anypótaktos)

Hungarian: lázadó (hu), zendülő, ellenszegülő (hu), engedetlen (hu), rebellis (hu)
Irish: easumhal
Japanese: 反抗的な (ja) (hankōteki na)
Latin: rebellis
Norman: r'bêle
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)

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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