Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; acting with disregard of duty; not submitting to rules or regulations prescribed by authority: as, children disobedient to parents; citizens disobedient to the laws.
- Not yielding to exciting force or agency; not to be influenced; insensible.
Wiktionary
- adj. Not obedient.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. 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.
- adj. Not yielding.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. unwilling to submit to authority
- adj. not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
Etymologies
- dis- + obedient (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The apostle distinguishes the disobedient from the house of God.”
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
“Then he began to storm at her, calling her disobedient, and undutiful, and when this means failed to move her, to implore her almost with tears.”
“And you have given them cause to change the original intention they had concerning you; you are disobedient, that is enough.”
“The sin of these people: They were disobedient, that is, rebellious, unpersuadable, and unbelieving, as the word signifies; this their sin is aggravated from the patience and long-suffering of God (which once waited upon them for 120 years together), while Noah was preparing the ark, and by that, as well as by his preaching, giving them fair warning of what was coming upon them.”
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
“For 20 years we were vilified as being "outside the Church", charged with being "disobedient" vis-à-vis the Pope, and referred to as "excommunicants and fundamentalists".”
“Propaganda, biased or filtered media news coverage, violent punishment of 'disobedient' individuals, all clouded in a web of secrecy – these are the tools for running this show of the most flagrant in-egalitarian state of the world that has ever existed.”
“I think a lot of us Daring Bakers were "disobedient" this month.”
““idem” that we were obliged unto; whereas he did what the law required, and suffered what the law threatened unto the disobedient, which is the whole of what we are obliged unto, it will not be so easily proved, nor the arguments very suddenly answered, whereby the contrary has been confirmed.”
“He described as "disobedient" motorists who travelled between the checkpoints without escorts.”
“TUCHMAN: Well, "disobedient" and "behaved so badly" can be argued, whether that's true or not.”
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These user-created lists contain the word ‘disobedient’.
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I am : oppressive
Words that are oppressive. Describing anger, violence, aggression (overt and covert), opposition, tension. strong stance and lack of harmony.
Still working on exact definition...angry, enraged, furious, mad, obstreperous, violent, aggressive, truculent, obdurate, obstinate, defiant, hostile and 33 more...
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big book gre
abase, abbess, abbey, abbot, abdicate, abdomen, abdominal, abduction, abed, aberration, abet, abeyance and 6691 more...
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Ungovernable
Words related to ungovernable.
recalcitrant, obstreperous, defiant, uncontrollable, contumacious, undisciplinable, insubordinate, unruly, ungovernable, unbridled, recusant, contumax and 2 more...
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Individual vs. Society
rebel, individual, society, revolution, rebellion, democracy, authority, iconoclast, revolter, insurrect, disobedient, bandit and 7 more...
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