mutiny
US/ˈmju.tə.ni/
mutiny noun: an organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.
Noun
mutiny (countable and uncountable, plural mutinies)
- An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.
- In every mutiny against the discipline of the college, he was the ringleader.1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green...
- Violent commotion; tumult; strife.
- Raise a mutiny betwixt yourselves.1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
Verb
mutiny (third-person singular simple present mutinies, present participle mutinying, simple past and past participle mutinied)
- To commit a mutiny.
- The crew of the Bounty mutinied because of the harsh discipline of Captain Bligh.
- In the long run, the High Seas Fleet would rarely emerge looking for a fleet action, and, indeed, would be withdrawn if it seemed that the Grand Fleet was out. In 1918, when faced with an order to sail against the British, who had now been augmented by the Sixth Battle Squadron, made up of American...2020 August 12, Drachinifel, 34:12 from the start, in The Battle of Jutland - Clash of the Titans - Part 3 (Aftermath, Outcome and Lessons), archived from the original on 24 Aug 2022
mutiny meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
mutiny in Hindi
- organized rebellion
- बग़ावत baġāvat, ग़दर ġadar, सरकशी sarkaśī, विद्रोह vidroh
mutiny in Tamil
- அரசியல் புரளி, கலகம், கலகம் செய், கிளர்ச்சி, கிளர்ச்சிசெய், படைவீரர் கலகம்
mutiny in Urdu
- organized rebellion
- سَرکَشی sarkaśī, عِصْیان 'isyān, غَدَر ġadar, بَغاوَت baġāvat
mutiny in Bengali
- organized rebellion
- বিদ্রোহ bidrōho
More languagesFewer languages
- mutiny in Telugu
- తిరుగుబాటు tirugubāṭu
- mutiny in Malayalam
- കൽപ്പന ലംഘിക്കുക, മത്സരിക്കുക, അധികാരികളോട് കലഹിക്കുക
- mutiny in Kannada
- ದಂಗೆ, ಬಂಡಾಯ, ಎದುರು ಬೀಳುವುದು, ತಿರುಗಿ ಬೀಳುವುದು
- mutiny in Punjabi
- ਗਦਰ gadar
- mutiny in Pashto
- شورش šoreš, سرکشي sarkaši, عصيان 'osyān, بلوا balwā
- mutiny in Tagalog
- balwat
- mutiny in Arabic
- عِصْيَان ʕiṣyān, تَمَرُّد tamarrud, ثَوْرَة ṯawra, قِيَام qiyām
- mutiny in Malay
- dahagi
- mutiny in Indonesian
- dahagi
- mutiny in Persian
- شورِش šureš, عِصیان 'esyân, سَرکَشی sarkaši, بَغاوَت baġâvat
- mutiny in Thai
- กบฏ gà-bòt, ขบถ kà-bòt
- mutiny in Vietnamese
- nổi loạn, phiến loạn, dấy loạn
- mutiny in Myanmar
- တပ်တွင်းပုန်ကန်မှု taptwang:punkanhmu., ပုန်ကန်မှု punkanhmu.
Examples of mutiny in a sentence
- After the mutiny, the castaway ship's officers suffered a month at sea in the lifeboat.
- The soldiers mutinied and turned their guns on their officers.
- If nothing else, José Mourinho can be grateful there was no mutiny.
Forms of mutiny
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | mutinies |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | mutinies |
| present participle | mutinying |
| past participle | mutinied |
| past | mutinied |
Origin of mutiny
From Middle French mutiner.
Words formed from mutiny
Questions about mutiny
- What does mutiny mean?
- Mutiny means an organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.
- What is mutiny in Hindi?
- Mutiny in Hindi is बग़ावत (baġāvat), ग़दर (ġadar), सरकशी (sarkaśī). See Mutiny meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is mutiny?
- Mutiny can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce mutiny?
- Mutiny is pronounced /ˈmju.tə.ni/ (US).
- What is the plural of mutiny?
- The plural of mutiny is mutinies.
Words near mutiny in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mutiny (page history and authors); mutiny (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mutiny (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); mutiny (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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