Past tense of disobey
regular verb
The past tense of disobey is disobeyed. The past participle is also disobeyed.
Forms of disobey
| Base form (V1) | disobey /ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | disobeyed |
| Past participle (V3) | disobeyed |
| Present participle | disobeying |
| Third person singular | disobeys |
Disobeyed in a sentence
- Because of her love for the duke, she disobeyed and gave birth to a son: Paul, Paul Atreides.1984, 10:44 from the start, in Dune (Science Fiction), spoken by Princess Irulan, →OCLC
- Another called upon the coachman to stop, and threatened him with instant death if he disobeyed.2012, Charles Brockden Brown, Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist. From the entry forehorse
- And one time only he disobeyed the Rabbi Low, and Rabbi Low erased the Shem HaMephorash from the golem's forehead and the golem fell down like a dead one.2014, Avram Davidson, The Avram Davidson Treasury, →ISBN. From the entry Shem HaMephorash
Meaning of disobey
- verb To refuse or (intentionally) fail to adhere to (a rule) or to obey an order from (somebody).
- verb To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey.
Questions about the past tense of disobey
- What is the past tense of disobey?
- The past tense of disobey is disobeyed.
- What is the past participle of disobey?
- The past participle of disobey is disobeyed.
- Is disobey a regular or irregular verb?
- Disobey is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disobey (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Past tense of disobey.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/past-tense/disobey. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.