disobedient

[dis-uh-bee-dee-uhnt]

adjective

1. neglecting or refusing to obey; not submitting; refractory.

   Synonyms: uncompliant, unsubmissive, rebellious, defiant, contumacious, insubordinate
   Antonyms: obedient

disobedient

/ ˌdɪsəˈbiːdɪənt /

adjective

1. not obedient; neglecting or refusing to obey

Other Word Forms

• disobediently adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of disobedient¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Old French desobedient, equivalent to des- dis- ¹ + obedient obedient

Example Sentences

If women resist men, however, they are seen as quarrelsome and disobedient, and no longer trustworthy.

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Like elsewhere in Hong Kong, the campus seemed to have been scrubbed of its disobedient past.

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There's a sugar rush in blaming all your problems on women, screaming about how you'd like to inflict violence on them for what Carlson described as being "disobedient."

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Noem reported that the puppy was disobedient and out “having the time of her life” during a pheasant hunting trip and that the animal later attacked and killed a neighbor's chickens.

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Judge Juan Merchan has mostly been successful in trying to discipline the impudent former president, at one point commanding him to sit down in court like he was a disobedient dog.

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