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UK
/dˌɪsəʊbˈiːdiənt/
]
[ US /ˌdɪsəˈbidiənt, ˌdɪsoʊˈbidiənt/ ]
[ US /ˌdɪsəˈbidiənt, ˌdɪsoʊˈbidiənt/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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unwilling to submit to authority
unruly teenagers -
not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
disobedient children
How To Use disobedient In A Sentence
- But when they realized they were being disobedient they were prepared to change. Christianity Today
- The parents punished their disobedient child.
- I want to talk to the boss,’ I said disobediently.
- Christ was quickened, that is to say, was active, in His own spirit state, although His body was inert and in reality dead at the time; and that _in_ that disembodied state He went and preached to the disobedient spirits. Jesus the Christ A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures Both Ancient and Modern
- A lot of the behaviour parents call naughty or disobedient is just a normal part of development.
- Energy and Global Warming News for 11/12/09: Germany to help develop Moroccan solar-thermal energy projects; Clinton calls Copenhagen "steppingstone"; Military's growing thirst for oil is costing lives - report The Seattle activists 'coming of age in Cophenhagen will be very disobedient Climate Progress
- However, that is an attitude that is shaped by my very Western lifestyle wherein Western grocery stores have no such thing as food courts attached to them wolfing down a sandwich slapped together at the Boar's Head deli counter while waiting in the Express checkout line does not count as a food court, and food courts in shopping malls are teeming with screaming, disobedient children, making for a highly unenjoyable, stressful decision-making process between deep-fried hot dogs impaled on sticks and peddled by pimple-faced Rain-bo Brites and the less arterially noxious chicken "patty" that has been breaded, deep-fried, and smeared with diet mayo. Tampopo - A Crunky Quickie at the Market
- His gray eyes glinted with an air of impatience as he offered a helping hand to another being, a small boy, his choppy brown locks sticking out disobediently in all directions as he was pulled back to his feet.
- Although they still have some problems with disobedient clientele, they are seriously trying to comply with the law of the land.
- My eyes disobediently traveled him up and down before I slid out the door.