Seditious

Seditious
Seditious Se*di"tious, a.[L. seditiosus: cf. F. s['e]ditieux.] 1. Of or pertaining to sedition; partaking of the nature of, or tending to excite, sedition; as, seditious behavior; seditious strife; seditious words. [1913 Webster]

2. Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent; factious; guilty of sedition; as, seditious citizens. [1913 Webster] -- {Se*di"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Se*di"tious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]


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  • seditious — index lawless, nonconsenting, restive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • seditious — (adj.) mid 15c., from O.Fr. seditieux, from L. seditiosus, from seditionem (see SEDITION (Cf. sedition)). Related: Seditiously; seditiousness …   Etymology dictionary

  • seditious — mutinous, rebellious, factious, *insubordinate, contumacious Analogous words: traitorous, treacherous, perfidious, disloyal, *faithless: disaffected, alienated (see ESTRANGE) …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • seditious — [adj] rebellious anarchistic, bellicose, defiant, disloyal, disobedient, disorderly, dissident, factious, iconoclastic, insurgent, insurrectionary, mutinous, radical, rebel, resistant, revolutionary, riotous, subversive, treasonable, warring;… …   New thesaurus

  • seditious — [si dish′əs] adj. [ME cedicious < MFr seditieux < L seditiosus] 1. of, like, or constituting sedition 2. inclined toward or engaging in sedition seditiously adv. seditiousness n …   English World dictionary

  • seditious — [[t]sɪdɪ̱ʃəs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n A seditious act, speech, or piece of writing encourages people to fight against or oppose the government. He fell under suspicion for distributing seditious pamphlets …   English dictionary

  • seditious — adj. Seditious is used with these nouns: ↑libel …   Collocations dictionary

  • seditious — adjective formal intended to illegally encourage people to disobey the government: a seditious speech seditiously adverb …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • seditious — adjective a seditious speech Syn: rabble rousing, provocative, inflammatory, subversive, troublemaking; rebellious, insurrectionist, mutinous, insurgent …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • seditious —   Kipi.    ♦ Seditious offenses, hewa ho ālaala kipi …   English-Hawaiian dictionary

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