dissentious
Example Sentences
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“What’s the matter, you dissentious rogues?” she snarls at the plebeians as she takes the stage for the first time.
From Seattle Times
His Western-allied regime has redefined dissentious journalists and activists as “terrorists.”
From Salon
This American primary season has been too volatile, dissentious and just plain eccentric for any over-confident forecast prior to the event.
From The Guardian
The rabble stir his patrician scorn: “What’s the matter, you dissentious rogues, that, rubbing the poor itch of your opinion, make yourselves scabs?”
From Time
Martius charges at them and then lets loose the contempt that will aid in his downfall: “What’s the matter, you dissentious rogues, that, rubbing the poor itch of your opinion, make yourselves scabs?”
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
