Synonyms for seditious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : si-dish-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : sɪˈdɪʃ əs |
Top 10 synonyms for seditious
Définition of seditious
Origin :- mid-15c., from Middle French seditieux, from Latin seditiosus "full of discord, factious, mutinous," from seditio (see sedition). Related: Seditiously; seditiousness.
- adj rebellious
- Then give up to us the seditious papers which you secrete in your house.
- Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
- Indeed I do, but you spoke of seditious papers, and I have none of that sort.
- Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
- Consider what would be the fatal effect of a seditious movement.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
- The preachers were not behind the doctors in the use of seditious language.
- Extract from : « The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Henry Martyn Baird
- They call them seditious and inflammatory, which was far from being their character.
- Extract from : « Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams. » by Josiah Quincy
- Was not this a seditious fellowe, to tell them this even to their faces?'
- Extract from : « The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 » by Various
- Their modest petition had been treated as a seditious libel.
- Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
- This was the new, seditious element with which young Heine was thrown.
- Extract from : « Jewish Literature and Other Essays » by Gustav Karpeles
- The seditious magistrates were arrested and thrown into prison.
- Extract from : « Journal of a Voyage to Brazil » by Maria Graham
- Now he declared the Company "just a seminary to a seditious parliament!"
- Extract from : « Pioneers of the Old South » by Mary Johnston
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