Disobedient

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  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