Disobedient \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.
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This disobedient spirit in the colonies. --Burke.
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Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. --1 Kings
xiii. 26.
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2. Not yielding.
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Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten
life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the
system disobedient to stimuli. --E. Darwin.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
disobedient
adj 1: not obeying or complying with commands of those in
authority; "disobedient children" [ant: obedient]
2: unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers" [syn: unruly]
WordNet (r) 2.0
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "disobedient":
anarchic, at odds, averse, bad, contrary, contumacious,
cross-grained, cursory, deaf to, declinatory, defiant, delinquent,
derelict, differing, disagreeing, disinclined, disregardful,
forced, fractious, froward, headstrong, heady, ill-behaved,
incompliant, indisciplined, indisposed, indocile, insubordinate,
intractable, involuntary, irresponsible, lawless, licentious,
mischievous, mutinous, naughty, negative, nonconforming,
nonconsenting, obdurate, obstinate, obstreperous, opposed,
perfunctory, perverse, pigheaded, rampant, rebellious,
recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, reinless, rejective, remiss,
resistant, revolting, self-willed, stubborn, sulky, sullen,
transgressive, unaccountable, unbridled, unchecked, uncomplaisant,
uncompliant, uncomplying, unconsenting, uncontrolled,
uncooperative, uncurbed, undisciplined, unduteous, undutiful,
ungovernable, ungoverned, unmanageable, unreined, unrestrained,
unruly, unsubmissive, unwilling, violative, wayward, wildcat,
willful
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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