rebellious, disobedient, given to mutiny
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Mutinous Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Disposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized by mutiny; seditious; insubordinate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutDisposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized by mutiny; seditious; insubordinate.
mutinous
\mu"ti*nous\ (?), a. [see mutiny.] disposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized by mutiny; seditious; insubordinate. the city was becoming mutinous. -- mu"ti*nous*ly , adv. -- mu"ti*nous*ness , n.
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"
1.disposed to or in a state of mutiny: rebellious 2: of, relating to, or constituting mutiny -- mutinously adv -- mutinousness n
EG:In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery, and who possesses the true spirit of command, shall draw the eyes of all men upon himself. Armies will obey him on his personal account. There is no other way of securing military obedience in this state of things.(E.BURKE)
EG:In the weakness of one kind of authority, and in the fluctuation of all, the officers of an army will remain for some time mutinous and full of faction, until some popular general, who understands the art of conciliating the soldiery, and who possesses the true spirit of command, shall draw the eyes of all men upon himself. Armies will obey him on his personal account. There is no other way of securing military obedience in this state of things.(E.BURKE)
Adjective
1. disposed to or in a state of mutiny; "the men became mutinous and insubordinate"
(similar) insubordinate
2. consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny; "mutinous acts"; "mutinous thoughts"; "a mutinous speech"
(similar) disloyal
