Disobedient
[dɪsə'biːdɪənt] or ['dɪsə'bidɪənt]
Definition
(adj.) not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; 'disobedient children' .
(adj.) unwilling to submit to authority; 'unruly teenagers' .
Edited by Craig--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts.
(a.) Not yielding.
Typist: Naomi
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unsubmissive, uncomplying, refractory, obstinate.
Typed by Connie
Definition
adj. neglecting or refusing to obey.—n. Disobē′dience neglect or refusal to obey: violation of orders.—adv. Disobē′diently.
Inputed by Franklin
Examples
- He shook his head, and said that the boy had been impudent and disobedient, ever since he bought him; that he was going to break him in, once for all. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But other forces were more frankly disobedient and critical. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- When he was disobedient she cuffed him, it is true, but she was never cruel to him, and was more often caressing him than chastising him. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It was wrong, disobedient, faithless. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Jonah was disobedient, and of a fault-finding, complaining disposition, and deserves to be lightly spoken of, almost. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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