disobedient
adjective /ˌdɪsəˈbiːdiənt/
/ˌdɪsəˈbiːdiənt/
- failing or refusing to obey
- a disobedient child
- disobedient to somebody/something I was very disobedient to my father.
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDisobedient is used with these nouns:- child
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French desobedient, based on Latin oboedient- ‘obeying’, from the verb oboedire, from ob- ‘in the direction of’ + audire ‘hear’.