Crossword clues for rebelling
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Rebel \Re*bel"\ (r[-e]*b[e^]l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rebelled (r[-e]*b[e^]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Rebelling.] [F. rebeller, fr. L. rebellare to make war again; pref. re- again + bellare to make war, fr. bellum war. See Bellicose, and cf. Revel to carouse.]
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To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion.
The murmur and the churls' rebelling.
--Chaucer.Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel this day against the Lord.
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To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
How could my hand rebel against my heart? How could your heart rebel against your reason?
--Dryden.
Wiktionary
vb. (present participle of rebel English)
WordNet
adj. used by northerners of Confederate soldiers; "the rebel yell"
participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; "the rebelling confederacy" [syn: rebel(a), rebelling(a), rebellious]
adj. participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; "the rebelling confederacy" [syn: rebel(a), rebelling(a), rebellious]
See rebel
Usage examples of "rebelling".
How bitter it was that while they really were rebelling against their father, no one dared to put the term for traitor in their names.
She rose, muttering under her breath as her rebelling muscles made the effort graceless.
Of all the attacks that the New Republic team might face while helping Verkuyl's rebelling native workers oust the Empire, this obnoxious olfactory assault had never come up.
Without the fleet to encourage his surrender, Ein and his stormtroopers would simply crush the rebelling workers, and the three-- no, the four of them, counting Quarle--would be interrogated and then most likely killed.
Vartos and Claris would have been lost in vain, the rebelling Verkuylian workers would be purged, and the Empire would win--perhaps permanently.
Another part is that every time you think you're intimidated you're really rebelling on another level.
The simple fact is that I couldn't sleep nights, and nothing I tried in conventional 'cures' could help me, until I began to help myself by systematically rebelling against everything that seemed stronger than me.