Mutinous Meaning
/ˈmjuːtɪnəs/Definition, CEFR level C2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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adjLikely to commit mutiny.
"[A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]"— 1605, Francis Bacon, “The First Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC, folio 11, recto:
adjOf, pertaining to, or constituting mutiny.
Sentence Examples
The mutinous crew took over the ship.
Mutinous behavior was not tolerated.
The captain easily controlled the mutinous crew on the ship.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The captain punished the ____ crew members who refused to follow orders.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The captain began to fear that his exhausted and hungry crew were becoming ____ as they whispered secretly in small groups on the lower deck.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The captain punished the ____ crew members who refused to follow orders.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The captain began to fear that his exhausted and hungry crew were becoming ____ as they whispered secretly in small groups on the lower deck.