"disobey" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ/ [UK], /ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ/ [US], /ˌdɪs.oʊˈbeɪ/ [US] Audio: en-us-disobey.ogg Forms: disobeys [present, singular, third-person], disobeying [participle, present], disobeyed [participle, past], disobeyed [past]
Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Old French desobeir. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|desobeir}} Old French desobeir Head templates: {{en-verb}} disobey (third-person singular simple present disobeys, present participle disobeying, simple past and past participle disobeyed)
  1. (transitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey an order of (somebody). Tags: transitive
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  2. (intransitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey. Tags: intransitive
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: balk, decline, disregard, disobey, ignore, refuse, unmind Hypernyms: react, respond Hyponyms: mutiny, protest, rebel, revolt, sit-in Derived forms: disobeyal, disobeyer, undisobeyed Translations (to refuse to obey): ἀπειθέω (apeithéō) (Ancient Greek), παρακούω (parakoúō) (Ancient Greek), عَصَى (ʕaṣā) (Arabic), не се подчинявам (ne se podčinjavam) (Bulgarian), nægte [common-gender] (Danish), olla tottelematon (Finnish), désobéir (French), nicht gehorchen (German), απειθώ (apeithó) (Greek), παρακούω (parakoúo) (Greek), dezobeyi (Haitian Creole), engedetlenkedik (Hungarian), tīhoihoi (Maori), eas-ùmhlaich (Scottish Gaelic), desobedecer (Spanish), insubordinarse (Spanish), indisciplinarse (Spanish), kuasi (Swahili) Translations (to refuse to obey an order): ἀπειθέω (apeithéō) (Ancient Greek), παρακούω (parakoúō) (Ancient Greek), عَصَى (ʕaṣā) (Arabic), не паслухацца (nje pasluxacca) (Belarusian), не паслухаць (nje pasluxacʹ) (Belarusian), не падпарадкавацца (nje padparadkavacca) (Belarusian), desobeir (Catalan), nægte [common-gender] (Danish), niet gehoorzamen (Dutch), malobei (Esperanto), kieltäytyä tottelemasta (Finnish), désobéir (French), missachten (German), απειθώ (apeithó) (Greek), παρακούω (parakoúo) (Greek), disubbidire (Italian), inoboedio (Latin), takahi (Maori), whakatīhoihoi (Maori), whakahoihoi (Maori), diduu (Oromo), nie słuchać [imperfective] (Polish), desobedecer (Portuguese), desacatar (Portuguese), llamkay (Quechua), rach an aghaidh (Scottish Gaelic), eas-ùmhlaich (Scottish Gaelic), desobedecer (Spanish), desacatar (Spanish)
Related terms: disobedient, disobedience, break, contravene, defy, flout, infringe, jib, violate, command, instruction Disambiguation of 'to refuse to obey': 46 54 Disambiguation of 'to refuse to obey an order': 54 46

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "عَصَى"
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      "word": "не паслухацца"
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      "word": "не паслухаць"
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "не падпарадкавацца"
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "desobeir"
    },
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      "_dis1": "54 46",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nægte"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "niet gehoorzamen"
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      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "malobei"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "kieltäytyä tottelemasta"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "désobéir"
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "missachten"
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      "roman": "apeithó",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "απειθώ"
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "παρακούω"
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      "word": "ἀπειθέω"
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      "word": "παρακούω"
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      "word": "takahi"
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      "word": "desacatar"
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      "word": "llamkay"
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
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      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "eas-ùmhlaich"
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      "word": "desobedecer"
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "عَصَى"
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      "roman": "ne se podčinjavam",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
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      "_dis1": "46 54",
      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nægte"
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      "_dis1": "46 54",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "olla tottelematon"
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      "_dis1": "46 54",
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "désobéir"
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      "_dis1": "46 54",
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "nicht gehorchen"
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      "_dis1": "46 54",
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "απειθώ"
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "engedetlenkedik"
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
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      "word": "eas-ùmhlaich"
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      "_dis1": "46 54",
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "insubordinarse"
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      "_dis1": "46 54",
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "indisciplinarse"
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      "_dis1": "46 54",
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      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
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    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
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          "ref": "1984, 10:44 from the start, in Dune (Science Fiction), spoken by Princess Irulan, →OCLC:",
          "text": "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.",
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      "word": "balk"
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      "word": "decline"
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      "word": "disregard"
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      "code": "ar",
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      "word": "عَصَى"
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      "word": "не паслухацца"
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      "roman": "nje pasluxacʹ",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "не паслухаць"
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "не падпарадкавацца"
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "desobeir"
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    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "nl",
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      "word": "niet gehoorzamen"
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "malobei"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "kieltäytyä tottelemasta"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "désobéir"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "missachten"
    },
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apeithó",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "απειθώ"
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      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "παρακούω"
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "ἀπειθέω"
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "parakoúō",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "παρακούω"
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "disubbidire"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "inoboedio"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "takahi"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "whakatīhoihoi"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "whakahoihoi"
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      "code": "om",
      "lang": "Oromo",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "diduu"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "nie słuchać"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "desobedecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "desacatar"
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      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "llamkay"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "rach an aghaidh"
    },
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "eas-ùmhlaich"
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      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "desobedecer"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey an order",
      "word": "desacatar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕaṣā",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "عَصَى"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "ne se podčinjavam",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "не се подчинявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "nægte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "olla tottelematon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "désobéir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "nicht gehorchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "apeithó",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "απειθώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parakoúo",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "παρακούω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "apeithéō",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "ἀπειθέω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "parakoúō",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "παρακούω"
    },
    {
      "code": "ht",
      "lang": "Haitian Creole",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "dezobeyi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "engedetlenkedik"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "tīhoihoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "eas-ùmhlaich"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "desobedecer"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "insubordinarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "indisciplinarse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to refuse to obey",
      "word": "kuasi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "disobey"
}

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