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rebellous

rebellous is the archaic form of rebellious.

Meaning of rebellious

Adjective

rebellious (comparative more rebellious, superlative most rebellious)

  1. Showing rebellion.
    • "Tedd's feeling a bit rebellious." "I'm not rebelling! I'm self actualizing! By rebelling."2014 April 17, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Thursday, Apr 17, 2014
    Synonyms:
    defiant, restive

Forms of rebellous

comparativemore rebellous
superlativemost rebellous

Questions about rebellous

What is rebellous the archaic form of?
Rebellous is the archaic form of rebellious.

Words near rebellous in the dictionary

  1. rebellious
  2. rebelliously
  3. rebelliousness
  4. Rebello
  5. Rebellos
  6. rebellous
  7. rebellow
  8. rebellowed
  9. rebellowing
  10. rebellows
  11. rebelly

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