English > disobedient: 2 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority. |
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| Example | "disobedient children" |
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| Attribute of | obedience | The trait of being willing / willing to obey |
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| Narrower | contrary, obstinate, perverse, wayward | resistant to guidance or discipline / discipline |
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| fractious, refractory, recalcitrant | stubbornly resistant to authority or control |
| froward, headstrong, self-willed, willful, wilful | Habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition |
| recusant | refusing to submit / submit to authority |
| See also | bad | Having undesirable or negative qualities |
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| defiant, noncompliant | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force |
| incorrigible | impervious to correction by punishment |
| intractable | not tractable |
| stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate | tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield |
| uncooperative | Unwilling to cooperate |
| unmanageable, difficult | Hard to control |
| Opposite | obedient | dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority |
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| Spanish | desobediente |
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| Catalan | desobedient |
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| Nouns | disobedience | the failure to obey |
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| Adverbs | disobediently | in a disobedient manner |
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| Verbs | disobey | refuse to go along with |
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