as in mulishness
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutinousness
Noun
-
Critiques from the American right, which lament the film’s timely depictions of a police state, immigrant internment camps and leftist revolt, read like ChatGPT essays programmed to write in the voice of Karen.—
Mikey O'Connell,
HollywoodReporter,
5 Nov. 2025 -
The film, which is Palestine’s entry for the Best International Feature category of the Oscars, tells the story of the Arab revolt against British colonial rule in Palestine in the 1930s.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
For me, there’s always the perversity of getting on a trendy bandwagon and just liking it for the irony.—
Marc Malkin,
Variety,
14 Oct. 2025
-
Here, Henkel leans into the inherent perversity that lingered in the sequels but has rarely been effectively employed since Hooper’s original.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
Federal law allows the president to use military force domestically only in cases of insurrection or when enforcement of federal laws becomes impossible through civilian agencies.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
-
During her time in Congress, Liz Cheney, a Republican, also voted to impeach Trump and led the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
These issues aren’t about stubbornness—they’re about confusion and fear of losing control.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
5 Nov. 2025
-
The contrast between these quick results and the stubbornness of the Nopert holdouts made some mathematicians suspect that true Noperts do exist.—
Erica Klarreich,
Quanta Magazine,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
For him, obstinacy was far worse than correction.—
Shai Tubali,
Big Think,
30 Sep. 2025
-
Most tragically, the Palestinians have been given abundant reason to believe that obstinacy and terrorism are far better tools than concession and diplomacy.—
Tom Rogan,
The Washington Examiner,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
-
By then the Defense Department had also been sharing with Venezuelans a secret plan to foment insurgencies called Operation X Zone.—
Kevin G. Hall,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
-
The country has for decades grappled with complex security challenges, particularly Islamist insurgencies such as Boko Haram and the Islamic State.—
Micah McCartney,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
-
Half-time was looming, empty white seats were dotted around the London Stadium but if mutiny had been expected, it had been supplanted, (at least temporarily), by general bemusement.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
-
In 2023, Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin staged a brief mutiny, sending his fighters toward Moscow before abruptly standing down only to die weeks later in a plane crash.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
-
The Americas lose measles-free status The Americas lost their regional status as being free from endemic measles transmission, a major health setback that followed an outbreak in Canada linked to plummeting vaccine rates.—
Prashant Rao,
semafor.com,
11 Nov. 2025
-
According to the most recent update on the FDA's website, no deaths have been linked to the outbreak.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
11 Nov. 2025
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Cite this Entry
“Mutinousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutinousness. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share