mutinous

• POS: Adjective
• HYPHEN: mu=ti=nous

CIDE DICTIONARY

mutinous, a. [See Mutiny.].

 Disposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized by mutiny; seditious; insubordinate.  [1913 Webster]
"The city was becoming mutinous."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

mutinous, adj. rebellious; tending to mutiny.

Derivative

mutinously adv.

Etymology

obs. mutine rebellion f. F mutin: see MUTINEER

THESAURUS

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

ROGET THESAURUS

mutinous

Disobedience

N disobedience, insubordination, contumacy, infraction, infringement, violation, noncompliance, nonobservance, revolt, rebellion, mutiny, outbreak, rising, uprising, insurrection, emeute, riot, tumult, strike, barring out, defiance, mutinousness, mutineering, sedition, treason, high treason, petty treason, misprision of treason, premunire, lese majeste, violation of law, defection, secession, insurgent, mutineer, rebel, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, traitor, quisling, carbonaro, sansculottes, red republican, bonnet rouge, communist, Fenian, frondeur, seceder, secessionist, runagate, renegade, brawler, anarchist, demagogue, Spartacus, Masaniello, Wat Tyler, Jack Cade, ringleader, disobedient, uncomplying, uncompliant, unsubmissive, unruly, ungovernable, breachy, insubordinate, impatient of control, incorrigible, restiff, restive, refractory, contumacious, recusant, recalcitrant, resisting, lawless, mutinous, seditions, insurgent, riotous, unobeyed, unbidden, seditiosissimus quisque ignavus, unthread the rude eye of rebellion.