seditious
Meaning of seditious
- inciting or causing people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
the letter was declared seditious
late Middle English: from Old French seditieux or Latin seditiosus, from seditio ‘mutinous separation’ (see sedition).
Information about seditious
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of seditious
sedi-tious
- It consists of 2 syllables and 9 chars.
- seditious is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
seditious synonyms
Meaning incendiary:
incendiary, incitive, inflammatory, instigative
Meaning insurgent:
Meaning encourage or stir up (violent or unlawful behaviour):
Meaning make (someone) troubled or nervous:
Meaning instigate or stir up (an undesirable or violent sentiment or course of action):
Meaning causing anger or another strong reaction, especially deliberately:
Meaning intended to arouse or provoke a strong public response to an issue in the hope of prompting political action:
Meaning engaged in or promoting political revolution:
Meaning engaged in opposition or armed resistance to an established government or leader:
Meaning (of a soldier or sailor) refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority:
Meaning defiant of authority; disobedient to orders:
Meaning in opposition to official policy:
Meaning showing defiance:
Meaning failing to be loyal to a person, country, or organization to which one has obligations:
Meaning involving or guilty of the crime of betraying one's country:
Translation of seditious
- Spanish: agitador, instigador, inductor, sedicioso
- Italian: incendiario, istigatore, sedizioso
- German: aufwiegelnd, aufhetzend
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