disobey
UK/ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ//ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ/
disobey verb: to refuse or (intentionally) fail to adhere to (a rule) or to obey an order from (somebody).
Verb
disobey (third-person singular simple present disobeys, present participle disobeying, simple past and past participle disobeyed)
- To refuse or (intentionally) fail to adhere to (a rule) or to obey an order from (somebody).
- disobey the rules
- disobey your parents
- To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey.
- Under an authoritarian regime, people have an obligation to disobey.
- The powerful Bene Gesserit sisterhood for ninety generations has been manipulating bloodlines to produce the Kwisatz Haderach, a superbeing. On Caladan, Jessica, a member of the sisterhood and the bound concubine of Duke Leto Atreides, had been ordered to bear only daughters. Because of her love...1984, 10:44 from the start, in Dune (Science Fiction), spoken by Princess Irulan, →OCLC
disobey meaning in Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Odia
disobey in Tamil
- பணிந்து நடவாதே, கீழ்படியாதே, தட்டு, கடத்தல்
disobey in Malayalam
- defy, go against, flout
- അനുസരിക്കാതിരിക്കുക, അനുസരണക്കേടു കാട്ടുക, നിർദ്ദേശങ്ങൾ ധിക്കരിക്കുക, ആജ്ഞ ലംഘിക്കുക, ആജ്ഞനിരസിക്കുക, ധിക്കരിക്കുക
disobey in Kannada
- ಸೆಲವುಮೀರು, ಅವಿಧೇಯನಾಗು, ಅಪ್ಪಣೆಮೀರು, ಅತಿಕ್ರಮಿಸು, ಆಜ್ಞೆಯನ್ನು ಉಲ್ಲಂಘಿಸು
disobey in Odia
- to disobey; set at naught
- ଖଣ୍ଡିବା khaṇḍibā
More languagesFewer languages
- disobey in Arabic
- عَصَى ʕaṣā
Examples of disobey in a sentence
- Non sequitur humor is non-Gricean as it intentionally disobeys the maxim of relation.
- I know that disobeying your father is hard, but you must take your courage in both hands and follow the path that's right for you.
- Another called upon the coachman to stop, and threatened him with instant death if he disobeyed.
Synonyms of disobey
Antonyms
Forms of disobey
| third-person singular present | disobeys |
|---|---|
| present participle | disobeying |
| past participle | disobeyed |
| past | disobeyed |
Origin of disobey
From Old French desobeir.
Words formed from disobey
Words that rhyme with disobey
Questions about disobey
- What does disobey mean?
- Disobey means to refuse or (intentionally) fail to adhere to (a rule) or to obey an order from (somebody).
- What is disobey in Tamil?
- Disobey in Tamil is பணிந்து நடவாதே, கீழ்படியாதே, தட்டு. See Disobey meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is disobey?
- Disobey is a verb.
- How do you pronounce disobey?
- Disobey is pronounced /ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of disobey?
- The past tense of disobey is disobeyed.
Words near disobey in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disobey (page history and authors); disobey (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disobey (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); disobey (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ଖଣ୍ଡିବା (Odia) (page history and authors). 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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