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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Disobedient \Dis'o*be"di*ent\, adjective [Pref. dis- + obedient. See {Disobey}, {Obedient}.]
1. Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts.
This disobedient spirit in the colonies. --Burke.
Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. --1 Kings xiii. 26.
2. Not yielding.
Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli. --E. Darwin.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
disobedient
adjective
1: not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children" [ant: {obedient}]
2: unwilling to submit to authority; "unruly teenagers" [syn: {unruly}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "disobedient": anarchic, at odds, averse, bad, contrary, contumacious, cross-grained, cursory, deaf to, declinatory, defiant, delinquent, derelict, differing, disagreeing, disinclined, disregardful, forced, fractious, froward, headstrong, heady, ill-behaved, incompliant, indisciplined, indisposed, indocile, insubordinate, intractable, involuntary, irresponsible, lawless, licentious, mischievous, mutinous, naughty, negative, nonconforming, nonconsenting, obdurate, obstinate, obstreperous, opposed, perfunctory, perverse, pigheaded, rampant, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, reinless, rejective, remiss, resistant, revolting, self-willed, stubborn, sulky, sullen, transgressive, unaccountable, unbridled, unchecked, uncomplaisant, uncompliant, uncomplying, unconsenting, uncontrolled, uncooperative, uncurbed, undisciplined, unduteous, undutiful, ungovernable, ungoverned, unmanageable, unreined, unrestrained, unruly, unsubmissive, unwilling, violative, wayward, wildcat, willful
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