Past tense of rebel
regular verb
The past tense of rebel is rebelled. The past participle is also rebelled.
Forms of rebel
| Base form (V1) | rebel /ˈɹɛb.əl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | rebelled |
| Past participle (V3) | rebelled |
| Present participle | rebelling |
| Third person singular | rebels /ˈɹɛbl̩z/ |
Rebelled in a sentence
- The inequality in living standards led to a civil war as the have-nots rebelled.From the entry inequality
- At this the Szechwanese rebelled, and, as the time was ripe, their action led to a nationwide revolt.1942 March, “Notes and News: Monument to a Stillborn Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 88. From the entry Szechwanese
- But the will to live, the will to achieve, was still strong, and with devastating suddenness it rebelled against the inevitability of the boning.2018, Arthur W. Upfield, The Bone is Pointed, →ISBN. From the entry boning
- They had rebelled and insurged, then gone out to the mucky marshes to plan our complete destruction and the devastation of our Regent.2018 December 9, Katherine Hurlin, The Insurgents: Plotting to Overthrow the Regent, Lulu.com, →ISBN, page 10. From the entry insurge
- Her heart rebelled against the bloodlessness of his precision, but she had begun to watch him with a grudging admiration for a quality so alien to her own temperament.1946, Mervyn Peake, “The Grotto”, in Titus Groan, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, →OCLC. From the entry bloodlessness
Meaning of rebel
- noun A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
- noun Synonym of Confederate: a citizen of the Confederate States of America, especially a Confederate soldier.
- verb To resist or become defiant toward an authority.
Questions about the past tense of rebel
- What is the past tense of rebel?
- The past tense of rebel is rebelled.
- What is the past participle of rebel?
- The past participle of rebel is rebelled.
- Is rebel a regular or irregular verb?
- Rebel is a regular verb: its past tense doubles the last letter and adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: rebel (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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