Adjective: disobedient ,dis-u'bee-dee-unt or ,dis-ow'bee-dee-unt
- Not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
"disobedient children"
- Unwilling to submit to authority
"disobedient teenagers";
- unruly
See also: bad, contrary[2], defiant, difficult, fractious, froward [archaic], headstrong, incalcitrant [non-standard], incorrigible, insubordinate, intractable, irreformable, noncompliant, obedience, obstinate, perverse, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, self-willed, stubborn, unmanageable, unregenerate, wayward, wilful [Brit, Cdn], willful [N. Amer]
Antonym: obedient
Encyclopedia: Disobedient