English to afrikaans meaning of

Die woordeboekbetekenis van die woord "rebels" is iemand of iets wat 'n neiging toon om gesag, beheer of konvensies te weerstaan. 'n Persoon wat opstandig is, is geneig om gevestigde reëls, norme of verwagtinge uit te daag of te weerstaan, en kan diegene in gesags- of magsposisies aktief teëstaan of ongehoorsaam wees. Die woord "rebels" kan ook aksies, houdings of gedrag beskryf wat teen die norme of standaarde van 'n spesifieke groep of samelewing ingaan.

Synonyms

  1. malcontent
  2. disaffected
  3. ill-affected

Sentence Examples

  1. Brothers, in many respects, with the Bretan being the older brother and the Niscian being the rebellious younger one.
  2. The two Caucasian girls were Russian prostitutes exchanged for an internet expert sourced from Hanoi others were taken as debts accumulated by people in remote villages, and the boy was a rebellious factory worker whose parents could not control his unproductive nature.
  3. This went on for some time, but Lyra rarely followed the rules, and her rebellious nature frequently got her into trouble.
  4. Although we rely on others to provide for our needs, there is something quite rebellious in our nature.
  5. After the king adopts the boy, he grows up in the dangerous company of rebellious princes, all who wish to overthrow the mighty Ine, king of Wessex.
  6. Just then, Madame de Villefort, in the act of slipping on her dressing-gown, threw aside the drapery and for a moment stood motionless, as though interrogating the occupants of the room, while she endeavored to call up some rebellious tears.
  7. Clucking, like an irritable parent does when confronting a rebellious youth.
  8. But they were not in a situation to suffer their thoughts to dwell on the charms of natural objects and, as the scout had not found it necessary to cease his culinary labors while he spoke, unless to point out, with a broken fork, the direction of some particularly obnoxious point in the rebellious stream, they now suffered their attention to be drawn to the necessary though more vulgar consideration of their supper.
  9. She was trying to imagine her kind little friend as a rebellious teenager.
  10. In his company, my first business was to go to that part of the coast where my rebellious crew had ordered me to be set on shore.