insubordinately

Examples

• All

• She acted insubordinately by ignoring her manager's instructions during the project.

• The student answered insubordinately when the teacher asked him to sit down.

• Speaking insubordinately to a commanding officer can have serious consequences in the military.

• The soldiers acted insubordinately during the drill.

• The soldiers were punished for acting insubordinately during the drill.

• The employee was warned after he spoke insubordinately to his manager.

• She was told that speaking insubordinately could lead to disciplinary action.

Synonyms

O

obstinately

vsinsubordinately

2 7.2

Refusing to change your opinion or what you do

is specifically a refusal to obey orders rather than mere stubbornness

M

mutinously

vsinsubordinately

1 8.4

In a way that shows you refuse to obey someone in charge

is less about revolt and more about disobeying orders generally

O

obdurately

vsinsubordinately

1 9.1

Refuses to change one's mind in a stubborn way

is focused on disobeying authority rather than unyielding attitude

C

contumaciously

vsinsubordinately

• Formal

9.9

To refuse to obey people in charge in a stubborn way

is a manner of refusing orders without general stubbornness focus

D

disobediently

vsinsubordinately

5.1

In a way that refuses to obey rules or people in charge

is about refusing authority specifically rather than simple stubbornness

C

cussedly

vsinsubordinately

• Informal

9.9

In a stubborn way, refusing to change or agree

is specifically about refusing orders or authority not plain stubbornness

Antonyms

O

obediently

12 2.7

In a willing way to do what someone says

How Obedient

obediently

12 2.7

reluctantly

80 3.7

insubordinately

9.2

defiantly

16 5.4

mutinously

1 8.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology