disobedient
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- adjective
- /ˌdɪsəˈbiːdiənt/
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desobediente
- The dog was disobedient, often ignoring commands and running off during walks.
- disobedient children
- disobedient son
- disobedient women
Or you heard and you're choosing to be disobedient because you're like, I'm scared.
- Or you heard and you're choosing to be disobedient because you're like, I'm scared.
- Like because Abraham was disobedient to what God called him to do, he had offspring.
- And, and for those things, I, I pray and I repent for anything that I've said that was disobedient to God.
- Our kids in America are not more disobedient or more addicted as a part of their personality.
- As a child or teenager, you may have been thought of as naughty, obnoxious, disobedient, or contrarian.
- He said he bought a batch of the most disobedient horror headed ass people.
- So she was a little disobedient when she was at This may be her earliest connection to Yale.
Examples
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The teacher had to speak sternly to the disobedient students who refused to follow the classroom rules.
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The next Sunday morning on our way to Mum's, disobedient as usual, we took the shortcut through the bombed site.
Fiction book (1994) -
We're being disobedient just by being here.
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I understand that you two have been disobedient.
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To leave would be disobedient.
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If he wanted to be a disobedient child, I was forced to play the role of the strict parent.
Fiction book (1992) -
You're not the only disobedient girl in this house.
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And he's right, I've been a very disobedient woman.
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The boys, pleasure-drunk, stayed up far past their bedtime and were cranky and disobedient the next day.
Fiction book (2002) -
After breaking curfew for the third time, he was labeled a disobedient teenager by his parents.
Synonyms
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5.6
Refusing to follow rules or orders in a bold, open way
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4.5
Not willing to follow rules or authority
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4.3
Difficult to control and messy or noisy
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8.1
Refusing to follow orders or respect someone in charge
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8.1
Not willing to follow rules or accept control
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8.6
To refuse to obey leaders and show open rebellion
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7.6
Not following rules or instructions
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7.1
Not following usual customs or religious beliefs
Disagreeing with the majority or with official opinion
Antonyms
How Disobedient
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8.1
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- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Disobedient is made of the part dis- meaning 'not' and obedient, from obey, which means 'to listen to or follow orders'. So, a disobedient person or animal is 'not following rules or orders'.