rebellious
US: /ɹəˈbɛɫjəs/, /ɹɪˈbɛɫjəs/
UK: /ɹɪbˈɛlɪəs/
UK: /ɹɪbˈɛlɪəs/
English Vietnamese dictionary
rebellious /ri'beljəs/
- tính từ
- nổi loạn, phiến loạn
- chống đối, hay chống đối
- a rebellious act: một hành vi chống đối
- bất trị, khó trị (người, bệnh...)
- my rebellious locks: (thân mật) những mớ tóc bất trị của tôi (chải mấy cũng cứ rủ xuống hoặc dựng đứng lên)
Advanced English dictionary
+ adjective
1 unwilling to obey rules or accept normal standards of behaviour, dress, etc: rebellious teenagers + He has always had a rebellious streak.
2 opposed to the government of a country; opposed to those in authority within an organization: rebellious cities / factions + Rebellious back-benchers are threatening to vote against the government.
rebelliously adverb: 'I don't care!' she said rebelliously.
rebelliousness noun [U]
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 insubordinate, defiant, mutinous, revolutionary, contumacious, insurgent, insurrectionary, seditious:
The more rebellious students organized mass meetings against the university authorities
2 unmanageable, disobedient, incorrigible, ungovernable, unruly, difficult, refractory, stubborn, obstinate, recalcitrant:
They resented being treated as rebellious children.
Concise English dictionary
rɪ'belɪəs
adj.
+resisting control or authority
+discontented as toward authority
+participating in organized resistance to a constituted government
