disobedient
11disobedient — adjective he had never been punished for being disobedient Syn: insubordinate, unruly, wayward, badly behaved, naughty, delinquent, disruptive, troublesome, rebellious, defiant, mutinous, recalcitrant, uncooperative, truculent, willful,… …
12disobedient — UK [ˌdɪsəˈbiːdɪənt] / US [ˌdɪsəˈbɪdɪənt] adjective deliberately doing the opposite of what someone in authority has told you to do, or deliberately not obeying rules a disobedient child Derived word: disobediently adverb …
13disobedient — adjective Date: 15th century refusing or neglecting to obey • disobediently adverb …
14disobedient — disobediently, adv. /dis euh bee dee euhnt/, adj. neglecting or refusing to obey; not submitting; refractory. [1400 50; late ME < OF desobedient, equiv. to des DIS 1 + obedient OBEDIENT] Syn. insubordinate, contumacious, defiant, rebellious,… …
15disobedient — adjective Not obedient. See Also: disobedience …
16disobedient — Synonyms and related words: anarchic, at odds, averse, bad, contrary, contumacious, cross grained, cursory, deaf to, declinatory, defiant, delinquent, derelict, differing, disagreeing, disinclined, disregardful, forced, fractious, froward,… …
17disobedient — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. insubordinate, refractory, defiant; see naughty , rebellious 2 , 3 , unruly . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. rebellious, noncompliant, defiant, insubordinate, unruly, recalcitrant, in submissive, fractious, contrary,… …
18disobedient — dis|o|be|di|ent [ˌdısəˈbi:diənt, ˌdısəu US ˌdısə , ˌdısou ] adj deliberately not doing what you are told to do by your parents, teacher, etc ≠ ↑obedient >disobedience n [U] →↑civil disobedience …
19disobedient — dis·o be·di·ent || ‚dɪsÉ™ bɪËdɪənt adj. noncompliant, insubordinate, defiant …
20disobedient — adjective failing or refusing to be obedient. Derivatives disobedience noun disobediently adverb …
