Look like awful rebels surrounding poor me! (8)
I believe the answer is:
resemble
'look like' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'awful rebels surrounding poor me' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates an anagram.
'surrounding' indicates putting letters inside.
'poor' indicates an anagram.
'rebels' anagrammed gives 'resble'.
'me' with letters rearranged gives 'em'.
'resble' placed around 'em' is 'RESEMBLE'.
(Other definitions for resemble that I've seen before include "Possess some similarity to" , "Echo" , "Appear like another person" , "Look or be like another" , "Look like (someone/something)" .)