Modifies a noun

• crew: A man who practices voodoo leads a ship's mutinous crew.

• spirit: In November 1849 a mutinous spirit exhibited itself in the native army, which Napier was determined to put down.

• sailor: The mutinous sailors still refused to obey any commands, and organized a demonstration calling for peace and constitutional reform.

• troop: She replaced the mutinous troops at Constantinople with troops commanded by officers in whom she had every confidence.

• sepoy: The conflict was short and sharp, the mutinous Sepoys preferring flight to the wrath of their enemies.

Used with adjective complement

• become: During the journey some of the other convicts on board became mutinous.