SuaviloquyToday’s word

insubordinate

Insubordinate, a.

Not submitting to authority; disobedient; rebellious; mutinous

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for insubordinate; he lists it under rebellious.

Where he writes about it:

Insubordinate applies to the disposition to resist and resent control as such; mutinous, to open defiance of authority, especially in the army, navy, or merchant marine. — from rebellious