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Definitions for: Disobedient [adj] not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"
[adj] unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: contrary, fractious, froward, headstrong, insubordinate, obstinate, perverse, recusant, refractory, self-willed, unruly, wayward, wilful, willful
Antonyms: obedient
See Also: bad, defiant, incorrigible, intractable, noncompliant, stubborn, unmanageable
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