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Not a spoiler, but next week Maggie says something to Will that even she acknowledges is “inappropriate” and “insubordinate.”

The sisters took advantage of the scandal she had caused to act in an insubordinate way towards her.

Drunk or sober, they were constantly insubordinate, setting a bad example to the crew, and quarrelling with each other.

"Pull yourself together, dear old officer," said Bones, raising his voice to an insubordinate pitch.

William Moore was an insubordinate gunner; after an altercation, Kidd hit him on the head with a bucket, and he died.

An insubordinate clergy and a dissolute populace quickly felt the hand that now held the reins.

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On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to insubordinate, such as: contrary, contumacious, defiant, disaffected, disobedient, and disorderly.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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