disobedient
/,disə'bi:djənt/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Unwilling to submit to authority: Describes a person, especially a child, who refuses to obey rules or the commands of someone in charge.
- Not obeying or complying with commands: Characterized by a failure or refusal to follow instructions or orders.
Usage and Examples
General Use: Describes a person's behavior when they deliberately do not do what they are told.
- The disobedient child refused to go to bed when his mother asked.
- The soldier was punished for being disobedient to his commanding officer.
Describing a Character Trait: Used to label someone who habitually resists authority.
- She was known as a disobedient student who often challenged the school's rules.
Advanced Usage
- "To be disobedient to": A formal construction specifying the authority being defied.
- The citizens were accused of being disobedient to the king's decree.
Variants and Related Words
Disobedience (n): The act or state of being disobedient.
- His disobedience led to serious consequences.
Disobey (v): The verb form, meaning to refuse or fail to obey.
- You must not disobey the safety instructions.
Synonyms
- Defiant: Showing open resistance or bold disobedience.
- Insubordinate: Not submissive to authority; disobedient (often in a military or organizational context).
- Unruly: Disorderly and difficult to control.
- Rebellious: Resisting authority or control.
Antonyms
- Obedient: Complying or willing to comply with orders or requests.
- Compliant: Inclined to agree with others or obey rules.
- Submissive: Ready to conform to the authority or will of others.
Idioms and Phrases
- A disobedient streak: A tendency to be disobedient.
- Even as a baby, he showed a disobedient streak.
Adjective
- unwilling to submit to authority
- unruly teenagers
- not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
- disobedient children