mutinous

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adjective mu·ti·nous \ ˈmyü-tə-nəs , ˈmyüt-nəs \

Definition of mutinous

1 a :disposed to or being in a state of mutiny :rebellious

a mutinous crew

b :turbulent, unruly

2 :of, relating to, or constituting mutiny

mutinous threats

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mutinously

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mutinousness

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Examples of mutinous in a Sentence

vowed that he would someday see the mutinous crew hang

Recent Examples of mutinous from the Web

As President Trump was disbanding his mutinous business councils on Wednesday, members of the House Ways and Means Committee were meeting in Santa Barbara, California to work out the details of their tax reform plan.

— margaret hartmann, Daily Intelligencer, "Trump’s Up for a Fight Over Race, But It’s the Last Thing Congress Needs," 18 Aug. 2017
Usually when this happens, the story becomes a dramatic puzzle, whose solution involves the protagonists expending tons of creative energy in an effort to either destroy their mutinous creation or contain it.

— tim bajarin, Fortune, "Why We Need the Liberal Arts in Technology’s Age of Distraction," 25 July 2017
Restaurant manager Ismet Morgul, 59, said he was taken prisoner by the mutinous soldiers and forced to lie on the ground for hours.

— jared malsin, Time, "A Bitterly Divided Turkey Marks 1 Year Since a Failed Coup Left Hundreds Dead," 14 July 2017
The discovery of a cache of weapons by the mutinous soldiers on May 15 in a house allegedly owned by Soro’s head of protocol, Souleymane Kamarate Kone, fueled suspicions that Soro was backing the mutineers.

— olivier monnier, Bloomberg.com, "Mutinies 'Humiliated' Ivory Coast, Parliament Speaker Soro Says," 29 May 2017
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast — Mutinous soldiers in Ivory Coast shot three people on Saturday and cut off access to the second-largest city, Bouaké, as a revolt escalated over demands for bonus payments.

— reuters, New York Times, "Ivory Coast Soldiers Mutiny, Blockading a City," 13 May 2017
The mutinous soldiers are former rebels who helped put Ouattara in power after his predecessor refused to cede office after losing the 2010 election.

— Washington Post, "Heavy gunfire in Ivory Coast in latest military unrest," 12 May 2017
In 1994, Sherman collaborated with Kawakubo on a somewhat mutinous ad campaign for the line, shooting herself as a tatted-up, post-apocalyptic punk wearing checkered gloves and pointing her trigger finger to the side of her head.

— candice rainey, Condé Nast Traveler, "Visit the Met's Rei Kawakubo Show in NYC—and Make a Day of It," 5 May 2017

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