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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Of, engaged in, disposed to, or constituting mutiny. synonym: insubordinate.
  • adjective Unruly; disaffected.
  • adjective Turbulent and uncontrollable.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Engaged in or disposed to mutiny; resisting or disposed to resist the authority of laws and regulations, especially the articles and regulations of an army or a navy. See mutiny.
  • Seditious.
  • Rebellious; petulant; mischievous.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

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

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Likely to commit mutiny.
  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or constituting mutiny.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective consisting of or characterized by or inciting to mutiny
  • adjective disposed to or in a state of mutiny

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From obsolete mutine, mutiny; see mutiny.]

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