disobey
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: From Old French desobeir.
Inflected forms:
form: disobeys
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: disobeying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: disobeyed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: disobeyed
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey an order of (somebody).
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: disobey the rules
disobey your parents
gloss: To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: 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 for the duke, she disobeyed and gave birth to a son: Paul, Paul Atreides.
Synonyms: balk
decline
disregard
disobey
ignore
refuse
unmind
Antonyms: obey
accede
assent
acquiesce
comply
conform
submit
yield
Related words: disobedient
disobedience
break
contravene
defy
flout
infringe
jib
violate
command
instruction
Derived words: disobeyal
disobeyer
undisobeyed
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: عَصَى
roman: ʕaṣā
lang: Belarusian
word: не паслухацца
roman: nje pasluxacca
lang: Belarusian
word: не паслухаць
roman: nje pasluxacʹ
lang: Belarusian
word: не падпарадкавацца
roman: nje padparadkavacca
lang: Catalan
word: desobeir
lang: Danish
word: nægte
lang: Dutch
word: niet gehoorzamen
lang: Esperanto
word: malobei
lang: Finnish
word: kieltäytyä tottelemasta
lang: French
word: désobéir
lang: German
word: missachten
lang: Greek
word: απειθώ
roman: apeithó
lang: Greek
word: παρακούω
roman: parakoúo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀπειθέω
roman: apeithéō
lang: Ancient Greek
word: παρακούω
roman: parakoúō
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀνηκουστέω
roman: anēkoustéō
lang: Italian
word: disubbidire
lang: Latin
word: inoboedio
lang: Lithuanian
word: nepaklusti
lang: Māori
word: takahi
lang: Māori
word: whakatīhoihoi
lang: Māori
word: whakahoihoi
lang: Oromo
word: diduu
lang: Polish
word: nie słuchać się
lang: Polish
word: lekceważyć
lang: Polish
word: zlekceważyć
lang: Portuguese
word: desobedecer
lang: Portuguese
word: desacatar
lang: Quechua
word: llamkay
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: rach an aghaidh
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: eas-ùmhlaich
lang: Spanish
word: desobedecer
lang: Spanish
word: desacatar
lang: Arabic
word: عَصَى
roman: ʕaṣā
lang: Bulgarian
word: не се подчинявам
roman: ne se podčinjavam
lang: Danish
word: nægte
lang: Finnish
word: olla tottelematon
lang: French
word: désobéir
lang: German
word: nicht gehorchen
lang: Greek
word: απειθώ
roman: apeithó
lang: Greek
word: παρακούω
roman: parakoúo
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀπειθέω
roman: apeithéō
lang: Ancient Greek
word: παρακούω
roman: parakoúō
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἀνηκουστέω
roman: anēkoustéō
lang: Haitian Creole
word: dezobeyi
lang: Hungarian
word: engedetlenkedik
lang: Māori
word: tīhoihoi
lang: Polish
word: nie słuchać się
lang: Polish
word: być nieposłusznym
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: eas-ùmhlaich
lang: Spanish
word: desobedecer
lang: Spanish
word: insubordinarse
lang: Spanish
word: indisciplinarse
lang: Swahili
word: kuasi