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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