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mutinous
rebellious and defiant of authority
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Questions about “mutinous”
Mutinous (adjective) means rebellious and defiant of authority
Here is mutinous used in an example sentence: "The exhausted, underpaid crew grew mutinous and refused to sail."
Common synonyms for mutinous include rebellious, insubordinate, defiant, seditious.
Antonyms of mutinous include obedient, compliant, loyal.
Mutinous is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.
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