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Meanings of rebelliousness in English

Catalan
rebeldia
Spanish
desafío

Intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude.

rebeldia
Portuguese
rebeldia
Catalan
rebel·lia

An insubordinate act.

rebeldia
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Examples for "defiance"
Examples for "defiance"
1
But ultimately all three Irish teams' defiance against French opposition proved futile.
The Irish Times
2
The boy was silent; defiance and fear struggled in the dark eyes.
McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 6, May, 1896
3
Four trusts ignored the requests, in defiance of freedom of information rules.
The Guardian
4
I like the sound of that defiance; it has the right ring.
The Whirlpool
5
Dad refused to believe it; naming me was a note of defiance.
The Door Into Summer
Usage of rebelliousness in English
1
Then the old doubting rancor and rebelliousness took possession of the multitude.
Joshua — Volume 5
2
So there's a bit of a rebelliousness going on in my wardrobe.
The Guardian
3
DISPLEASE them by lack of affection, grumbling, disobedience, stubbornness, rebelliousness, or wickedness.
An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism
4
It's possible that others may well demonstrate a very untypical streak of rebelliousness.
The South African
5
Then one met you, and saw your potential, your strength, your hidden rebelliousness-
A Time of Changes
6
These sturdy Ayrshire and Galloway men had an old covenanting rebelliousness about them.
Scottish sketches
7
And kill you if you showed the least bit of rebelliousness.
Blood rites
8
The official explanation of this blames the rebelliousness of the "new breed."
The new yorker
9
Renee thought she began to comprehend the spirit of Venice, and chided her rebelliousness.
Beauchamp's Career — Volume 1
10
And submissive, where rebelliousness would not have been without excuse.
Bunyan Characters (3rd Series)
11
The tenth degree of humility is "obedience," to which is opposed "rebelliousness."
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
12
Isn't this act of rebelliousness bound to lead us down the path of apocalypse?
Moral Deliberations in Modern Cinema
13
Paul finally came to see his father; there was an air of rebelliousness about him.
The new yorker
14
His little blinking eyes expressed both fear and rebelliousness.
The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot
15
His rebelliousness, playfulness and oddness won over all generations.
The Guardian
16
So you have all the minor elements of self-pity and romanticism, morbid adolescent rebelliousness combined.
The new yorker
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Translations for rebelliousness
Spanish
desafío
Portuguese
rebeldia
Rebelliousness through the time