Mutinous

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mutinous \Mu"ti*nous\, a. [See {Mutiny}.]
     Disposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized by
     mutiny; seditious; insubordinate.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           The city was becoming mutinous.          --Macaulay.


     [1913 Webster] -- {Mu"ti*nous*ly}, adv. -- {Mu"ti*nous*ness},
     n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mutinous
       adj 1: disposed to or in a state of mutiny; "the men became
              mutinous and insubordinate"
       2: consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny;
          "mutinous acts"; "mutinous thoughts"; "a mutinous speech"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "mutinous":
     alienated, at odds, averse, breakaway, contumacious, cursory,
     defiant, differing, disaffected, disagreeing, disinclined,
     disobedient, extreme, extremistic, factious, forced, fractious,
     headstrong, heady, indisposed, indocile, insubordinate, insurgent,
     insurrectionary, involuntary, irresponsible, lawless, licentious,
     mutineering, obstinate, opposed, perfunctory, rampant, rebel,
     rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, reinless, resistant,
     revolutional, revolutionary, riotous, seditionary, seditious,
     self-willed, subversive, sulky, sullen, traitorous, treasonable,
     turbulent, unaccountable, unbridled, unchecked, unconsenting,
     uncontrollable, uncontrolled, uncurbed, undisciplined,
     ungovernable, ungoverned, unmanageable, unreined, unrestrained,
     unruly, unwilling, wildcat, willful