obedient

o·be·di·ent

O0006000 (ō-bē′dē-ənt)adj. Dutifully complying with the commands, orders, or instructions of one in authority.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin oboediēns, oboedient-, present participle of oboedīre, to obey; see obey.]

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o·be′di·ent·ly adv.

obedient

(əˈbiːdɪənt) adjobeying or willing to obey[C13: from Old French, from Latin oboediens, present participle of oboedīre to obey] oˈbediently adv

o•be•di•ent

(oʊˈbi di ənt)

adj. complying with or submissive to authority. [1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Latin oboedīre to obey] o•be′di•ent•ly, adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.

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obedient - dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burkecompliant - disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will"submissive - inclined or willing to submit to orders or wishes of others or showing such inclination; "submissive servants"; "a submissive reply"; "replacing troublemakers with more submissive people"good - having desirable or positive qualities especially those suitable for a thing specified; "good news from the hospital"; "a good report card"; "when she was good she was very very good"; "a good knife is one good for cutting"; "this stump will make a good picnic table"; "a good check"; "a good joke"; "a good exterior paint"; "a good secretary"; "a good dress for the office"manageable - capable of being managed or controlleddocile - willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation"manipulable, tractable - easily managed (controlled or taught or molded); "tractable young minds"; "the natives...being...of an intelligent tractable disposition"- Samuel Butlerdisobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"

obedient

adjective submissive, yielding, compliant, under control, respectful, law-abiding, well-trained, amenable, docile, dutiful, subservient, deferential, tractable, acquiescent, biddable, accommodating, passive, meek, ingratiating, malleable, pliant, unresisting, bootlicking (informal), obeisant, duteous a sweet, obedient little girl
contrary, stubborn, rebellious, wayward, unruly, intractable, obstinate, disrespectful, unmanageable, obdurate, disobedient, ungovernable, undutiful

obedient

adjectiveWilling to carry out the wishes of others:amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, submissive, supple, tractable.

Translations

服从的顺从的

obey

(əˈbei) , ((American) ou-) verb to do what one is told to do. I obeyed the order. 服從 服从obedience (əˈbiːdjəns) noun1. the act of obeying. obedience to an order. 服從 服从2. willingness to obey. She showed great obedience. 孝順 孝顺oˈbedient adjectivean obedient and well-behaved child. 順從的 顺从的oˈbediently adverb 順從地 顺从地

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