disobedient
UK/dɪs.əˈbiː.dɪənt/
disobedient adjective: not obedient.
Adjective
disobedient (comparative more disobedient, superlative most disobedient)
Noun
disobedient (plural disobedients)
- One who disobeys.
- Since civil disobedients act conscientiously, Cohen believes that “extra-long prison terms will not make better men of these disobedients, nor much deter others of similar conviction.”1972, Social Theory and Practice, volume 2, page 493
disobedient meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Tagalog
disobedient in Hindi
- disobedient
- नाफ़रमान nāfarmān
disobedient in Urdu
- disobedient
- نافرمان nāfarmān
disobedient in Malayalam
- insubordinate, unruly, badly behaved
- അനുസരണമില്ലാത്ത, അനുസരിക്കാത്ത, ചൊല്പടി കേട്ടുനടക്കാത്ത, അനുസരണകെട്ട, അനുസരണംകെട്ട, വരുതിയില്ലാത്ത
disobedient in Tagalog
- not obedient
- pasaway
More languagesFewer languages
- disobedient in Arabic
- عَاصٍ ʕāṣin
- disobedient in Thai
- เกเร gee-ree
Synonyms of disobedient
Forms of disobedient
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more disobedient |
| superlative | most disobedient |
| Noun | |
| plural | disobedients |
Origin of disobedient
From Middle English disobedient, dysobedyent, from Old French desobedient; morphologically, from dis- + obedient.
Words formed from disobedient
Questions about disobedient
- What does disobedient mean?
- Disobedient means not obedient.
- What is disobedient in Hindi?
- Disobedient in Hindi is नाफ़रमान (nāfarmān). See Disobedient meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is disobedient?
- Disobedient can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce disobedient?
- Disobedient is pronounced /dɪs.əˈbiː.dɪənt/ (UK).
Words near disobedient in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disobedient (page history and authors); नाफ़रमान (Hindi) (page history and authors); نافرمان (Urdu) (page history and authors); disobedient (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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