English adjective: disobedient |
1. | disobedient not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority |
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| Samples | Disobedient children.
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| Similar | contrary, fractious, froward, headstrong, obstinate, perverse, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, self-willed, wayward, wilful, willful |
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| See also | bad, defiant, difficult, incorrigible, intractable, noncompliant, obstinate, stubborn, unmanageable, unregenerate |
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| Attribute | obedience |
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| Antonyms | obedient |
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2. | disobedient unwilling to submit to authority |
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| Samples | Unruly teenagers.
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| Synonyms | unruly |
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| Similar | insubordinate |
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| Antonyms | subordinate |
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