DISOBEDIENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority

Example:

disobedient children

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

contrary; obstinate; perverse; wayward (resistant to guidance or discipline)

fractious; recalcitrant; refractory (stubbornly resistant to authority or control)

froward; headstrong; self-willed; wilful; willful (habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition)

recusant (refusing to submit to authority)

Also:

incorrigible (impervious to correction by punishment)

defiant; noncompliant (boldly resisting authority or an opposing force)

bad (having undesirable or negative qualities)

difficult; unmanageable (hard to control)

obstinate; stubborn; unregenerate (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)

intractable (not tractable; difficult to manage or mold)

Attribute:

obedience (the trait of being willing to obey)

Antonym:

obedient (dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority)

Derivation:

disobedience (the failure to obey)

disobey (refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Unwilling to submit to authority

Example:

unruly teenagers

Synonyms:

disobedient; unruly