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rebel División en sílabas: reb·el

Definición de rebel en inglés:


Pronunciación: /ˈrebəl/
1A person who rises in opposition or armed resistance against an established government or ruler: Tory rebels [as modifier]: rebel forces
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  • This date marks the 200th Anniversary to the very day when the rebel leader ended his resistance and walked through the gates of Humewood and into captivity.
  • Forked story paths in the beginning allow you to choose between siding with the armed rebels in resistance or the Soviets in appeasement.
  • However, during the truce, the party's militia would respond with force in the event it came under attack from government security forces, the rebel leader said.
1.1A person who resists authority, control, or convention.
Oraciones de ejemplo
  • Power is hierarchical; the rebel challenges authority, presumes to be the defiant equal of his creator or of his king, and is convinced that his stubbornness will redeem him.
  • The idea that children are natural rebels who reject convention and prefer a state of anarchy is bunk.
  • Jude is a tour de force, a refashioned version of the Jewish mother as a bohemian, a rebel against convention who critiques mainstream culture.
nonconformist, dissenter, dissident, iconoclast, maverick
informal bad boy


Pronunciación: /reˈbəl/
(rebel) (rebels, rebelling, rebelled) [no object] Volver al principio  
1Rise in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or ruler: the Earl of Pembroke subsequently rebelled against Henry III
Más ejemplos en oraciones
  • It has also created the foundation behind which Hanson has been able to create a following that rebelled against the established ‘royal chamber and its courtiers’.
  • Ancient traditions regarding this apostate leader show that he rebelled against God, and in so doing, created a worldwide apostasy.
  • Three Congress leaders rebelled and Sonia resigned as party president.
revolt, mutiny, riot, rise up, take up arms, stage/mount a rebellion, be insubordinate
1.1(Of a person) resist authority, control, or convention: respect did not prevent children from rebelling against their parents
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  • You function best in a position of control and may rebel against power or authority or domination at work.
  • However, studying the general population of adolescents revealed that many do not rebel against authority but maintain good relationships with parents and teachers throughout.
  • You function best in a position of control and rebel against domination by people in power or authority.
defy, disobey, refuse to obey, kick against, challenge, oppose, resist
1.2Show or feel repugnance for or resistance to something: as I came over the hill my legs rebelled—I could walk no further
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  • The mind rebels at the attempt: one child randomly slain on the threshold of adulthood, the other burdened for life with the guilt of Cain.
  • And I found that I hated having a numb mind and I was rebelling against that and writing.
  • It is a language which invites the mind to rebel against itself causing inflamed ideas grotesque postures and a theoretical approach to common body functions.
recoil, show/feel repugnance


Middle English: from Old French rebelle (noun), rebeller (verb), from Latin rebellis (used originally with reference to a fresh declaration of war by the defeated), based on bellum 'war'.

  • The Latin word rebellis was originally used in reference to someone making a fresh declaration of war after being defeated. The root was bellum ‘war’, as in bellicose (Late Middle English) or ‘warlike’, combined with re- ‘again’. A person who is deeply dissatisfied by society in general but does not have a specific aim to fight for might be described as a rebel without a cause. The first such person was James Dean, star of the 1955 film Rebel Without a Cause. Revel (Late Middle English) comes from the French equivalent, which developed the sense ‘to make a noise’ from the basic sense ‘to rise in rebellion’.

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