Insubordinate: alternatives and connections

Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.

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Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.

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Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act.

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Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act.

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Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed…

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Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed…

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Disposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized by mutiny; seditious; insubordinate.

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Disposed to mutiny; in a state of mutiny; characterized by mutiny; seditious; insubordinate.

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Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force.

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Engaged in rebellion; disposed to rebel; of the nature of rebels or of rebellion; resisting government or lawful authority by force.

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Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly condu…

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Not submissive to rule; disregarding restraint; disposed to violate; turbulent; ungovernable; refractory; as, an unruly boy; unruly boy; unruly condu…

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Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act.

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Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act.

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Making resistance; resisting.

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Serving to resist.

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Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.

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Placed in a lower order, class, or rank; holding a lower or inferior position.

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