[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rebellious \rebel"lious\ r-ebe^l"yu^s, a.
   engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of
   rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful
   authority by force. "thy rebellious crew." "proud rebellious
   arms." --milton. -- rebel"liously, adv. --
   rebel"liousness, n.
   1913 webster
see also:
rebel"liously rebel"liousness 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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" syn: rebela,
        rebellinga
see also:
disaffected ill-affected malcontent rebela rebellinga 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

100 moby thesaurus words for "rebellious":
   alienated, beefing, bellyaching, bitching, breakaway, complaining,
   complaintful, contumacious, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking,
   defiant, difficult, disaffected, disappointed, discontented,
   disgruntled, disobedient, displeased, disputatious, disputing,
   dissatisfied, dissentient, dissenting, envious, estranged, extreme,
   extremistic, factious, faultfinding, fractious, griping, grouchy,
   grousing, growling, grumbling, incorrigible, insubordinate,
   insurgent, insurrectionary, malcontent, malcontented, murmuring,
   mutineering, mutinous, muttering, noncooperative, objecting,
   obstinate, obstructive, on the barricades, out of humor, peevish,
   petulant, proof against, protesting, querulant, querulous, rebel,
   recalcitrant, refractory, reluctant, renitent, repellent,
   resentful, resistant, resisting, resistive, restive, restless,
   retardant, retardative, revolutional, revolutionary, riotous,
   seditionary, seditious, stubborn, subversive, sulky, traitorous,
   treasonable, turbulent, unaccepting, unaccommodating,
   uncooperative, uneasy, unfulfilled, ungovernable, ungratified,
   unhappy, unmanageable, unruly, unsatisfied, unsubmissive,
   unyielding, up in arms, whiny, withstanding

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