Synset

not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

sample sentences

"disobedient children"

lexical pointers

antonym

derivationally related form

disobedience disobey

semantic pointers

also see

bad defiant, noncompliant incorrigible intractable stubborn, obstinate, unregenerate unmanageable, difficult

attribute

similar to

wayward, contrary, obstinate, perverse fractious, refractory, recalcitrant headstrong, froward, self-willed, willful, wilful recusant