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   mutinous

   /ˈmjuːtɪnəs/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a soldier or sailor) refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority: "mutinous soldiers occupied the radio station"
   • ▪ wilful or disobedient: "Antoinette looked mutinous, but she obeyed"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from obsolete mutine ‘rebellion’ (see mutiny) + -ous.

   Derivatives

   • 1. mutinously adverb

   Scrabble Points: 10

   • M

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   • U

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   • T

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   • I

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   • N

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   • O

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