unfilial
Americanadjective
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Sempronia so exasperates her father by long-continued unfilial conduct that the latter becomes insane.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
Constantine was neither precocious nor unfilial, but in his twenty-second year he rebelled against his mother's dictation, and took his place at the helm of the state.
From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick
Seven prohibitions: to go security for an outlaw, for a jester and for a madman, for a person without bonds, for an unfilial person, for an imbecile, for one excommunicated.
From The Triads of Ireland by Meyer, Kuno
It pained Mary Louise to hear so unfilial a speech from the lips of a young girl.
From Mary Louise Solves a Mystery by Baum, L. Frank (Lyman Frank)
The fear that she had awakened unfilial emotions in the bosom of Maurice infused fresh fortitude into Madeleine's spirit.
From Fairy Fingers A Novel by Ritchie, Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt
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