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English adjective: disobedient

1. disobedient not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority


SamplesDisobedient children.


Similarcontrary, fractious, froward, headstrong, obstinate, perverse, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, self-willed, wayward, wilful, willful


See alsobad, defiant, difficult, incorrigible, intractable, noncompliant, obstinate, stubborn, unmanageable, unregenerate


Attributeobedience


Antonymsobedient

2. disobedient unwilling to submit to authority


SamplesUnruly teenagers.


Synonymsunruly


Similarinsubordinate


Antonymssubordinate









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