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DISOBEDIENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
Example:
disobedient children
Classified under:
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
Classified under:
Similar:
insubordinate (not submissive to authority)
Derivation:
disobedience (the trait of being unwilling to obey)
disobey (refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient)
