Word Meanings - MUTINOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Disposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized by mutiny; seditious; insubordinate. The city was becoming mutinous. Macaulay. -- Mu"ti*nous*ly, adv. -- Mu"ti*nous*ness, n.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of MUTINOUS)
- Refractory
- Perverse
- contumacious
- stubborn
- unruly
- obstinate
- unmanageable
- mutinous
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- Seditious
- Insurgent
- tumultuous
- turbulent
- factious
Related words: (words related to MUTINOUS)
- MUTINOUS
Disposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized by mutiny; seditious; insubordinate. The city was becoming mutinous. Macaulay. -- Mu"ti*nous*ly, adv. -- Mu"ti*nous*ness, n. - FACTIOUS
1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons. Factious for the house of Lancaster. - TURBULENTLY
In a turbulent manner. - SEDITIOUS
1. Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words. 2. Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent; - OBSTINATE
a thing with firmness, to persist in; ob + a word from the 1. Pertinaciously adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course; persistent; not yielding to reason, arguments, or other means; stubborn; pertinacious; -- usually implying unreasonableness. - PERVERSENESS
The quality or state of being perverse. "Virtue hath some perverseness." Donne. - TURBULENT
1. Disturbed; agitated; tumultuous; roused to violent commotion; as, the turbulent ocean. Calm region once, And full of peace, now tossed and turbulent. Milton. 2. Disposed to insubordination and disorder; restless; unquiet; refractory; - RECALCITRANT
Kicking back; recalcitrating; hence, showing repugnance or opposition; refractory. (more info) kick back; pref. re- re- + calcitrare to kick, fr. calx heel. Cf. - REFRACTORY
1. Obstinate in disobedience; contumacious; stubborn; unmanageable; as, a refractory child; a refractory beast. Raging appetites that are Most disobedient and refractory. Shak. 2. Resisting ordinary treatment; difficult of fusion, reduction, or - PERVERSED
Turned aside. - CONTUMACIOUS
Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. Blackstone. Syn. -- Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ness, n. (more info) 1. Exhibiting - REBELLIOUS
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. -- Re*bel"lious*ly, adv. -- Re*bel"lious*ness, n. - UNRULY
Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly conduct. But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. James iii. 8. - STUBBORN
Firm as a stub or stump; stiff; unbending; unyielding; persistent; hence, unreasonably obstinate in will or opinion; not yielding to reason or persuasion; refractory; harsh; -- said of persons and things; as, stubborn wills; stubborn ore; a stubborn - TUMULTUOUS
1. Full of tumult; characterized by tumult; disorderly; turbulent. The flight became wild and tumultuous. Macaulay. 2. Conducted with disorder; noisy; confused; boisterous; disorderly; as, a tumultuous assembly or meeting. 3. Agitated, as with - INSURGENT
Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious. "The insurgent provinces." Motley. - PERVERSEDLY
Perversely. - PERVERSELY
In a perverse manner. - PERVERSE
p.p. of pervertereto turn around, to overturn: cf. F. pervers. See 1. Turned aside; hence, specifically, turned away from the right; willfully erring; wicked; perverted. The only righteous in a word perverse. Milton. 2. Obstinate in the wrong;