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disobedientdis‧o‧be‧di‧ent /ˌdɪsəˈbiːdiənt◂, ˌdɪsəʊ- $ ˌdɪsə-, ˌdɪsoʊ-/ ●○○ adjective - a disobedient child
- Lee stood before her like a disobedient schoolboy.
- She said that if we were disobedient she would send us home immediately.
- Ever since, man is seen as a disobedient creature, who is sinful.
- He is a pleasant child, but often rowdy, disobedient and rough with others.
- If ever I felt I had been rude to her or disobedient, I always felt ashamed.
- Olwyn is noisy, disobedient, has tantrums when things do not go her own way, and is violent towards Katie.
- Parents who do not detect an intermittent hearing loss can become irritable and controlling and label their child as disobedient and unresponsive.
- The disobedient youth has been injected with an experimental drug, though of course his tactile sensations aren't blunted.
- The nonpartisan, nonviolent and civilly disobedient El Barzon has been hit with mass arrests of its leaders.
someone who refuses to obey people, rules, laws etc► disobedient someone, especially a child, who is disobedient does not do what he or she is told to do by a parent, teacher etc: · Lee stood before her like a disobedient schoolboy.· She said that if we were disobedient she would send us home immediately. ► defiant not obeying people in authority and showing that you have no respect for them: · Her reply was clear and defiant.· Defiant party members openly challenged the leadership.defiant of somebody/something: · Demonstrators became increasingly defiant of police controls. ► rebellious someone, especially a young person, who is rebellious deliberately disobeys people in authority such as their parents or teachers: · Such extremist groups may well attract rebellious teenagers.· Maria was headstrong and rebellious. ► rebel someone, especially a young person, who behaves in a completely different way from the way people are expected to behave by society and by people in authority: · In his black leather jacket and chains he looked every inch the young rebel.· She was a rebel, who horrified her family by rejecting a promising career in law to become an actor. nounobedience ≠ disobedienceadjectiveobedient ≠ disobedientverbobey ≠ disobeyadverbobediently ≠ disobediently deliberately not doing what you are told to do by your parents, teacher etc OPP obedient—disobedience noun [uncountable] → civil disobedience |