Dictionary

disobey en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ/ (UK)
• /ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /ˌdɪs.oʊˈbeɪ/ (US)

Etymology

From Old French desobeir.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to adhere to (a rule) or to obey an order from (somebody).
   • disobey your parents
   • disobey the rules
2. (intransitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey.
   • Under an authoritarian regime, people have an obligation to disobey.
   • 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. 1984, 10:44 from the start, in Dune (Science Fiction), spoken by Princess Irulan, →OCLC:

Forms

Antonyms

yield · obey · accede · acquiesce · submit · conform · comply · assent

Deriveds

undisobeyed · disobeyance · disobeyer · disobeyal

Hypernyms

respond · react

Hyponyms

rebel · revolt · protest · sit-in · mutiny

Relateds

jib · break · defy · contravene · violate · disobedient · disobedience · flout · command · infringe · instruction

Synonyms

refuse · decline · disobey · disregard · balk · ignore · unmind

Translations (54)

fr désobéir (to refuse to obey) · pt desobedecer (to refuse to obey an order) · lt nepaklusti (to refuse to obey an order) · grc ἀπειθέω (to refuse to obey) · be не падпарадкавацца (to refuse to obey an order) · de nicht gehorchen (to refuse to obey) · grc ἀνηκουστέω (to refuse to obey) · mi whakatīhoihoi (to refuse to obey an order) · es desobedecer (to refuse to obey) · grc ἀπειθέω (to refuse to obey an order) · mi takahi (to refuse to obey an order) · da nægte (to refuse to obey an order) · mi whakahoihoi (to refuse to obey an order) · bg не се подчинявам (to refuse to obey) · grc ἀνηκουστέω (to refuse to obey an order) · el παρακούω (to refuse to obey an order) · es indisciplinarse (to refuse to obey) · pl lekceważyć (to refuse to obey an order) · nl niet gehoorzamen (to refuse to obey an order) · pt desacatar (to refuse to obey an order) · pl być nieposłusznym (to refuse to obey) · pl nie słuchać się (to refuse to obey) · es insubordinarse (to refuse to obey) · pl zlekceważyć (to refuse to obey an order) · om diduu (to refuse to obey an order) · el απειθώ (to refuse to obey) · fr désobéir (to refuse to obey an order) · de missachten (to refuse to obey an order) · el παρακούω (to refuse to obey) · mi tīhoihoi (to refuse to obey) · fi olla tottelematon (to refuse to obey) · da nægte (to refuse to obey) · ar عَصَى (to refuse to obey) · eo malobei (to refuse to obey an order) · gd eas-ùmhlaich (to refuse to obey an order) · el απειθώ (to refuse to obey an order) · la inoboedio (to refuse to obey an order) · fi kieltäytyä tottelemasta (to refuse to obey an order) · be не паслухацца (to refuse to obey an order) · grc παρακούω (to refuse to obey an order) · sw kuasi (to refuse to obey) · it disubbidire (to refuse to obey an order) · hu engedetlenkedik (to refuse to obey) · gd rach an aghaidh (to refuse to obey an order) · grc παρακούω (to refuse to obey) · es desacatar (to refuse to obey an order) · pl nie słuchać się (to refuse to obey an order) · be не паслухаць (to refuse to obey an order) · ca desobeir (to refuse to obey an order) · ht dezobeyi (to refuse to obey) · ar عَصَى (to refuse to obey an order) · es desobedecer (to refuse to obey an order) · gd eas-ùmhlaich (to refuse to obey) · qu llamkay (to refuse to obey an order)