disobedient
Meaning of disobedient
- refusing to obey rules or someone in authority.
Larry was stern with disobedient employees
late Middle English: from Old French desobedient, based on Latin oboedient- ‘obeying’ (see obedient).
Information about disobedient
- It is an adjective.
- Languages in which disobedient is used:
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Hyphenation of disobedient
dis-obe-di-ent
- It consists of 4 syllables and 11 chars.
- disobedient is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
disobedient synonyms
Meaning unruly:
Meaning defiant of authority; disobedient to orders:
Meaning difficult to control or predict because of wilful or perverse behaviour:
Meaning erring or straying from the accepted course or standards:
Meaning involving or contributing to a breakdown of peaceful and law-abiding behaviour:
Meaning (typically of a young person) tending to commit crime, particularly minor crime:
Meaning causing or tending to cause disruption:
Meaning causing difficulty or annoyance:
Meaning showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention:
Meaning showing defiance:
Meaning (of a soldier or sailor) refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority:
Meaning having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline:
Meaning stubborn or unmanageable:
Meaning unwilling to help others or do what they ask:
Meaning having or showing a stubborn and determined intention to do as one wants, regardless of the consequences:
Meaning not easily controlled; unruly or disobedient:
Meaning (of a person) difficult or stubborn:
Meaning noisy and difficult to control:
Meaning causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with:
Meaning needing much effort or skill to accomplish, deal with, or understand:
Meaning showing a deliberate and obstinate desire to behave in a way that is unreasonable or unacceptable:
Meaning perversely inclined to disagree or to do the opposite of what is expected or desired:
Meaning wicked:
Meaning causing or showing a fondness for causing trouble in a playful way:
Meaning inclined to do slightly naughty things for fun; mischievous:
Meaning characteristic of a dishonest or unprincipled person:
Meaning (of a person or attitude) deliberately combative or uncooperative:
Meaning (especially of a defendant's behaviour) stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority:
disobedient antonyms
Meaning complying or willing to comply with an order or request; submissive to another's authority:
Translation of disobedient
- French: rétif, désobéissant
- German: ungehorsam, unfolgsam
- Spanish: desobediente
Words that rhyme with disobedient
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