Standard Lemma guide

disobedient

adj · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /dɪs.əˈbiː.dɪənt/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH2 S AH0 B IY1 D IY0 AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: D IH2 S OW0 B IY1 D IY0 AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Not obedient.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

One who disobeys.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • disobedient children

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: obedient

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

unwilling to submit to authority

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unruly teenagers

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unruly

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Middle English disobedient, dysobedyent, from Old French desobedient; morphologically, from dis- + obedient.

Across languages

Translations

79 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَاصٍ (ʕāṣin) — not obedient
  • Armenian: անհնազանդ (anhnazand) — not obedient
  • Asturian: desobediente — not obedient
  • Belarusian: непако́рны (njepakórny) — not obedient
  • Belarusian: непако́рлівы (njepakórlivy) — not obedient
  • Belarusian: непаслухмя́ны (njepasluxmjány) — not obedient
  • Bulgarian: непослу́шен (neposlúšen) — not obedient
  • Bulgarian: непоко́рен (nepokóren) — not obedient
  • Catalan: desobedient — not obedient
  • Chukchi: ааԓёмкыԓьэн (aaḷjomkyḷʹėn) — not obedient
  • Chukchi: аваԓёмкыԓьэн (avaḷjomkyḷʹėn) — not obedient
  • Czech: neposlušný — not obedient
  • Danish: ulydig — not obedient
  • Dutch: ongehoorzaam — not obedient
  • Esperanto: malobeema — not obedient
  • Finnish: tottelematon — not obedient
  • French: désobéissant — not obedient
  • West-Frisian: ongehoorzaam — not obedient
  • West-Frisian: dôfhûdich — not obedient
  • Galician: desobediente — not obedient
  • German: ungehorsam — not obedient
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌲𐌰𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐍃 (ungaƕairbs) — not obedient
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐍄𐌰𐌻𐍃 (untals) — not obedient
  • Ancient Greek: ἀπειθής (apeithḗs) — not obedient
  • Hungarian: engedetlen — not obedient
  • Hungarian: szófogadatlan — not obedient
  • Icelandic: óhlýðinn — not obedient
  • Ingrian: hoolimatoin — not obedient
  • Irish: aimhriarach — not obedient
  • Irish: anumhal — not obedient
  • Irish: dí-umhal — not obedient
  • Irish: doriartha — not obedient
  • Irish: easumhal — not obedient
  • Irish: easurramach — not obedient
  • Irish: míréireach — not obedient
  • Irish: neamhumhal — not obedient
  • Italian: disubbidiente — not obedient
  • Kazakh: тілазар (tılazar) — not obedient
  • Latvian: nepaklausīgs — not obedient
  • Latvian: nerātns — not obedient
  • Macedonian: непослушен (neposlušen) — not obedient
  • Manx: neuviallagh — not obedient
  • Manx: meeviallagh — not obedient
  • Māori: tīhoihoi — not obedient
  • Māori: tutū — not obedient
  • Māori: kapa — not obedient
  • Māori: manini kē — not obedient
  • Māori: kōroiroi — not obedient
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ulydig — not obedient
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ulydig — not obedient
  • Old English: unġehīersum — not obedient
  • Plautdietsch: goaschtrich — not obedient
  • Plautdietsch: onjehuarsom — not obedient
  • Polish: nieposłuszny — not obedient
  • Portuguese: desobediente — not obedient
  • Romanian: neascultător — not obedient
  • Romanian: neobedient — not obedient
  • Romanian: dezobedient — not obedient
  • Romanian: nesupus — not obedient
  • Russian: непоко́рный (nepokórnyj) — not obedient
  • Russian: непослу́шный (neposlúšnyj) — not obedient
  • Scottish Gaelic: eas-umhail — not obedient
  • Serbo-Croatian: непокоран — not obedient
  • Serbo-Croatian: непослушан — not obedient
  • Serbo-Croatian: nepokoran — not obedient
  • Serbo-Croatian: neposlušan — not obedient
  • Slovak: neposlušný — not obedient
  • Slovene: neposlušen — not obedient
  • Spanish: desobediente — not obedient
  • Spanish: díscolo — not obedient
  • Swedish: olydig — not obedient
  • Swedish: ohörsam — not obedient
  • Tagalog: pasaway — not obedient
  • Thai: เกเร (gee-ree) — not obedient
  • Turkish: asi — not obedient
  • Turkish: başkaldırıcı — not obedient
  • Turkish: yaramaz — not obedient
  • Ukrainian: непокі́рний (nepokírnyj) — not obedient
  • Ukrainian: неслухня́ний (nesluxnjányj) — not obedient