rebellious teenager
Rule-breaking youth
A rebellious teenager is a young person, roughly thirteen to nineteen, who resists parental authority and social conventions.
The phrase is so common it's nearly a cliché—rebellion is expected during adolescence as part of identity formation.
Every generation thinks its rebellious teenagers invented defiance.
The modifier rebellious often signals parental exasperation more than actual insurgency.
- defiantOpenly resisting control
- talking backRude reply to authority
- moodyProne to sullenness
- angstDeep unfocused worry
- identity crisisLoss of personal certainty
sullen · silent treatment · piercing · tattoo · torn jeans · grunge · curfew · skipping class · eye-roll · punk · skatepark · cigarette · hoodie · brooding · runaway · graffiti · detention · sneaking out
rebellious teenagerteacher's pet
Favored student
golden child · good kid · goody two-shoes · people-pleaser · straight-A student
rebellious teenagerapple of one's eye
One's most beloved
pride and joy · little angel · good kid · choir boy · Girl Scout
rebellious teenagerconformist
One following accepted norms
traditionalist · preppy · square · straight edge · young fogey
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