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disobey
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb disobey has 1 sense
- disobey(v = verb.social) Array - refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient; "He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired" is one way to decline, refuse
Derived forms noun disobedience1, adjective disobedient1, adjective disobedient2
Antonym: obey
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
OXFORD DICTIONARY
disobey, v.tr. (also absol.) fail or refuse to obey; disregard (orders); break (rules) (disobeyed his mother; how dare you disobey!).
Derivative
disobeyer n.
Etymology
ME f. OF desobeir f. Rmc (as DIS-, OBEY)
DEVIL DICTIONARY
disobey
v.t. To celebrate with an appropriate ceremony the maturity of a command.
His right to govern me is clear as day,
My duty manifest to disobey;
And if that fit observance e'er I shut
May I and duty be alike undone.
Israfel Brown
THESAURUS
disobey
break, break the law, care naught for, contravene, defy, disregard, flout, go counter to, ignore, infringe, mutiny, not conform, not heed, not keep, not listen, not mind, not observe, oppose, overstep, rebel, refuse to cooperate, resist, revolt, scoff at, set at defiance, set at naught, set naught by, strike, transgress, violateROGET THESAURUS
disobey
Defiance
VB defy, dare, beard, brave, bid defiance to, set at defiance, set at naught, hurl defiance at, dance the war dance, beat the war drums, snap the fingers at, laugh to scorn, disobey, show fight, show one's teeth, show a bold front, bluster, look big, stand akimbo, beat one's chest, double the fist, shake the fist, threaten, challenge, call out, throw down the gauntlet, fling down the gauntlet, fling down the gage, fling down the glove, throw down the glove.Disobedience
VB disobey, violate, infringe, shirk, set at defiance, set authority at naught, run riot, fly in the face of, take the law into one's own hands, kick over the traces, turn restive, run restive, champ the bit, strike, rise, rise in arms, secede, mutiny, rebel.
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