About The Word Disobedient
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Disobedient
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What's The Definition Of Disobedient?
[adj] not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"
[adj] unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers" Synonyms | Synonyms for Disobedient: contrary | fractious | froward | headstrong | insubordinate | obstinate | perverse | recusant | refractory | self-willed | unruly | wayward | wilful | willful Related Terms | Find terms related to Disobedient: anarchic | at odds | averse | bad | contrary | contumacious | cross-grained | cursory | deaf to | declinatory | defiant | delinquent | derelict | differing | disagreeing | disinclined | disregardful | forced | fractious | froward | headstrong | heady | ill-behaved | incompliant | indisciplined | indisposed | indocile | insubordinate | intractable | involuntary | irresponsible | lawless | licentious | mischievous | mutinous | naughty | negative | nonconforming | nonconsenting | obdurate | obstinate | obstreperous | opposed | perfunctory | perverse | pigheaded | rampant | rebellious | recalcitrant | recusant | refractory | reinless | rejective | remiss | resistant | revolting | self-willed | stubborn | sulky | sullen | transgressive | unaccountable | unbridled | unchecked | uncomplaisant | uncompliant | uncomplying | unconsenting | uncontrolled | uncooperative | uncurbed | undisciplined | unduteous | undutiful | ungovernable | ungoverned | unmanageable | unreined | unrestrained | unruly | unsubmissive | unwilling | violative | wayward | wildcat | willful See Also | bad | defiant | incorrigible | intractable | noncompliant | stubborn | unmanageable Disobedient In Webster's Dictionary \Dis`o*be"di*ent\, a. [Pref. dis- + obedient. See
{Disobey}, {Obedient}.]
1. 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.
This disobedient spirit in the colonies. --Burke.
Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. --1 Kings
xiii. 26.
2. Not yielding.
Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten
life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the
system disobedient to stimuli. --E. Darwin.
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