Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mutinous

/ˈmjuːtɪnəs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables: muti-nous
IPA: /ˈmjuːtɪnəs/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Likely to commit mutiny.

adj

Of, pertaining to, or constituting mutiny.

Example Sentences

"[A]nd it is without all controuerſie, that learning doth make the minds of men gentle, generous, maniable, and pliant to gouernment; whereas Ignorance makes them churliſh, thwart, and mutinous; […]"
"I haue bedymn'd / The Noone tide Sun, call'd forth the mutenous vvindes, / And tvvixt the greene Sea, and the azur'd vault / Set roaring vvarre: […]"
"“My men grow mutinous day by day; / My men grow ghastly wan and weak.” / The stout mate thought of home; a spray / Of salt wave washed his swarthy cheek."

Inflected Forms

more mutinous (comparative) most mutinous (superlative)

Derived Forms

mutinously mutinousness nonmutinous unmutinous

Synonyms

insubordinate rebellious

Questions

How do you pronounce mutinous?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈmjuːtɪnəs/.
What does mutinous mean?: Likely to commit mutiny.

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