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rebelsome

rebelsome adjective: characteristic of a rebel; marked by rebellion or rebelliousness.

Adjective

rebelsome (comparative more rebelsome, superlative most rebelsome)

  1. Characteristic of a rebel; marked by rebellion or rebelliousness
    • "[...] The varmint know the valy of their lives, and 'tis that makes 'em so malignant and rebelsome."1836, Frances Milton Trollope, The Life and Adventures of Jonathan Jefferson Whitlaw
    • The depredations of the age and its lack of discipline, the ill work of the rebelsome drunken youth was made good again as each stone was fitted roughly where it had gone before.2010, Alan Richardson, On Winsley Hill

Forms of rebelsome

comparativemore rebelsome
superlativemost rebelsome

Origin of rebelsome

From rebel + -some.

Questions about rebelsome

What does rebelsome mean?
Rebelsome means characteristic of a rebel; marked by rebellion or rebelliousness.
What part of speech is rebelsome?
Rebelsome is an adjective.

Words near rebelsome in the dictionary

  1. Rebelo
  2. Rebelos
  3. rebels
  4. rebels without a cause
  5. rebels without causes
  6. rebelsome
  7. rebenchmark
  8. rebenchmarked
  9. rebenchmarking
  10. rebenchmarks
  11. rebend

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