- Of, relating to, engaged in, disposed to, or constituting mutiny. See synonyms at insubordinate.
- Unruly; disaffected: a mutinous child.
- Turbulent and uncontrollable: "mutinous passions, and conflicting fears" (Percy Bysshe Shelley).
[From obsolete mutine, mutiny. See mutiny.]
mutinously mu'ti·nous·ly adv.mutinousness mu'ti·nous·ness n.





