mutinous

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmjuːtɪnəs/

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Adjective

mutinous (comparative more mutinous, superlative most mutinous)

1. Likely to commit mutiny.
   • 1605, Francis Bacon, “The First Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folio 11, recto:

     [A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]

   • 1892, Joaquin Miller, Columbus:

     “My men grow mutinous day by day;
     My men grow ghastly wan and weak.”
     The stout mate thought of home; a spray
     Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek.

2. Of, pertaining to, or constituting mutiny.

Synonyms

• insubordinate
• rebellious

Derived terms

• mutinously
• mutinousness
• nonmutinous
• unmutinous

Translations

likely to commit mutiny

Finnish: kapinahenkinen French: mutin (fr), séditieux (fr) German: zum Meutern aufgelegt, in Meuterstimmung befindlich Polish: buntowniczy (pl)

of, pertaining to, or constituting mutiny

Bulgarian: разми́рен (bg) m (razmíren) Finnish: kapina- German: meuterisch, meuternd (de) Latin: sēditiōsus Portuguese: sedicioso (pt) m Spanish: sedicioso (es)