Temperamentally rebellious. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
"In the first place, sire, what do you term rebellious?" quietly asked the musketeer. From Wordnik.com. [The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After"] Reference
"No," quoth he, "when I say the colonies, I mean what you call the rebellious party in them.". From Wordnik.com. [Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces.] Reference
"Because it was King Charles's day; and they've fined and imprisoned and hung people for all kinds of what they call rebellious practices.". From Wordnik.com. [In Honour's Cause A Tale of the Days of George the First] Reference
Fomá, proud and rebellious, is repelled by the selfish, money-seeking environment into which he is born. From Wordnik.com. [Fomá Gordyéeff] Reference
Such a one, however, would be more properly called rebellious than heretical. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
And those are the so called rebellious, hot labels: they are afraid even to sit in the same room with me!. From Wordnik.com. [FallNews] Reference
Truscomb; the latter was better that morning, and the next day he would doubtless call his rebellious assistant to account. From Wordnik.com. [The Fruit of the Tree] Reference
It is also believed that the name means 'rebellious'. From Wordnik.com. [Mary: What`s in a Name ?] Reference
I'm appreciating your "rebellious" thought-provoking perspective. From Wordnik.com. [Apocryphal Writings] Reference
KING: And you were a kind of rebellious kid going in, weren't you?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 25, 2000] Reference
I guess being kind of rebellious and wanting to get away from home. From Wordnik.com. [Oral History Interview with Sam Parker, December 5, 2000. Interview K-0252. Southern Oral History Program Collection (#4007)] Reference
And you should always see it their way, otherwise, you are being "rebellious". From Wordnik.com. [On The Shoulders of Giants] Reference
What the 'rebellious' Parliament started in 1645 surely it finished off in 1688. From Wordnik.com. [Our pasts and the Permanent Things] Reference
Some people may do "rebellious" things out of perversity, but others have better reasons. From Wordnik.com. [Buy Nothing Day is Stupid | Letter Never Sent] Reference
CS: Did you choose spray paint to have a relationship with a kind of rebellious attitude?. From Wordnik.com. [Marina Cashdan: The Rebirth of Rob Pruitt] Reference
Like she had such a distinct style and so unique and soulful and kind of rebellious in a way as well. From Wordnik.com. [R&B Artist John Legend: 'Once Again'] Reference
There had been something smouldering in Steve's eyes then, a kind of rebellious fire, a smoky passion. From Wordnik.com. [Starman's Quest] Reference
Why "rebellious", or is that a compliment referring to the American rebellion against the British (rhetorical)?. From Wordnik.com. [Book Review - The Perils of Empire] Reference
All the "rebellious" Republicans are asking for is an end to the "surge", which will happen whether we like it or not. From Wordnik.com. [Domenici Breaks With White House, Calls For Implementing ISG Recommendations] Reference
By contrast, after Franklin banished his own well-documented youthful "rebellious" doubts he moved dramatically to the far Right. From Wordnik.com. [Frank Schaeffer: Understanding the "Reason" Why Fundamentalists Must Exclude Gays (and Other "Sinners")] Reference
Obama's the classic con: You like our "rebellious" at 58, Ann, hopefully thinking it was a stolen stereo, bought a box of rocks instead. From Wordnik.com. ["Koh's writings—especially when exaggerated—will add to charges from the right that Obama is a closet socialist."] Reference
Assyria, and both of whom describe the Arkites as 'rebellious'. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Taiwan's birth rate sinks on fears of 'rebellious' Tiger Children. From Wordnik.com. [The Earth Times Online Newspaper] Reference
Megan Fox has claimed that she doesn't think that she is a "rebellious" person. From Wordnik.com. [All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News] Reference
What I found universally was this kind of rebellious desire to create disruption. From Wordnik.com. Reference
But then again, "rebellious" thinking has always been a part of your blog anyway. From Wordnik.com. [Consumer Energy Report ? R-Squared] Reference
Schumacher cited 70s pop icon Bianca Jagger as the inspiration for her "rebellious". From Wordnik.com. [Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion] Reference
So in a way it was kind of rebellious that I didn't go into science and went into law. From Wordnik.com. [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference
If the Ulster Movement was "rebellious," its purpose was as paradoxical as its circumstances. From Wordnik.com. [Ulster's Stand For Union] Reference
We all know the old cliché "they aren't rebels, they're just following a 'rebellious' social code.". From Wordnik.com. [TELOSscope: The Telos Press blog] Reference
The blow was a cruel one, and for a time it seemed to be succeeded by a kind of rebellious insensibility. From Wordnik.com. [A Comedy of Masks A Novel] Reference
Either that or he is not too competent a dresser, or it is some kind of rebellious spirit against those dress rules. From Wordnik.com. [Entertainment Weekly's PopWatch] Reference
Much of it, however, is found in combination with one metal or another, and is known as "rebellious" or "refractory" gold. From Wordnik.com. [Diggers in the Earth] Reference
A previous attempt failed after 228 representatives, including 132 "rebellious" conservatives and 94 Democrats, voted it down. From Wordnik.com. [Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com] Reference
If that were the case, the F would figure as "rebellious" (my biography, pp. 273 “ 275). From Wordnik.com. [Griffes Disharmony] Reference
"rebellious" personality, sometimes disagreeing with her husband's brutal military missions. From Wordnik.com. [China Post Online - Taiwan , News , Taiwan newspaper] Reference
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