Meanings
comparative more disobedient · superlative most disobedient
plural disobedients
- One who disobeys.
Since civil disobedients act conscientiously, Cohen believes that “extra-long prison terms will not make better men of these disobedients, nor much deter others of similar conviction.”
1972, Social Theory and Practice, volume 2, page 493
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot obedient.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivenot obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
adjectiveunwilling to submit to authority
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Frenchdesobedient
- Middle Englishdisobedient
- Englishdisobedient
From Middle English disobedient, dysobedyent, from Old French desobedient; morphologically, from dis- + obedient.
More words from Middle English, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἀπειθής
- ἀπειθής (apeithḗs)not obedient
Arabic عَاصٍ
- عَاصٍ (ʕāṣin)not obedient
Bulgarian непослу́шен, непоко́рен
- непослу́шен (neposlúšen)not obedient
- непоко́рен (nepokóren)not obedient
Catalan desobedient
- desobedientnot obedient
Czech neposlušný
- neposlušnýnot obedient
Danish ulydig
- ulydignot obedient
Dutch ongehoorzaam
- ongehoorzaamnot obedient
Esperanto malobeema
- malobeemanot obedient
Finnish tottelematon
- tottelematonnot obedient
French désobéissant
- désobéissantnot obedient
German ungehorsam
- ungehorsamnot obedient
Hungarian engedetlen, szófogadatlan
- engedetlennot obedient
- szófogadatlannot obedient
Icelandic óhlýðinn
- óhlýðinnnot obedient
Irish aimhriarach, anumhal
- aimhriarachnot obedient
- anumhalnot obedient
- dí-umhalnot obedient
- doriarthanot obedient
- easumhalnot obedient
- easurramachnot obedient
- míréireachnot obedient
- neamhumhalnot obedient
Italian disubbidiente
- disubbidientenot obedient
Latvian nepaklausīgs, nerātns
- nepaklausīgsnot obedient
- nerātnsnot obedient
Māori tīhoihoi, tutū
- tīhoihoinot obedient
- tutūnot obedient
- kapanot obedient
- manini kēnot obedient
- kōroiroinot obedient
Norwegian Bokmål ulydig
- ulydignot obedient
Polish nieposłuszny
- nieposłusznynot obedient
Portuguese desobediente
- desobedientenot obedient
Romanian neascultător, neobedient
- neascultătornot obedient
- neobedientnot obedient
- dezobedientnot obedient
- nesupusnot obedient
Russian непоко́рный, непослу́шный
- непоко́рный (nepokórnyj)not obedient
- непослу́шный (neposlúšnyj)not obedient
Scottish Gaelic eas-umhail
- eas-umhailnot obedient
Slovak neposlušný
- neposlušnýnot obedient
Spanish desobediente, díscolo
- desobedientenot obedient
- díscolonot obedient
Swedish olydig, ohörsam
- olydignot obedient
- ohörsamnot obedient
Tagalog pasaway
- pasawaynot obedient
Thai เกเร
- เกเร (gee-ree)not obedient
Turkish asi, başkaldırıcı
- asinot obedient
- başkaldırıcınot obedient
- yaramaznot obedient
Ukrainian непокі́рний, неслухня́ний
- непокі́рний (nepokírnyj)not obedient
- неслухня́ний (nesluxnjányj)not obedient
Cite this entry
disobedient. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disobedient
“disobedient.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disobedient. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disobedient,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disobedient.
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