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