disobey
verb/ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ/UK/ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ/US
Etymology
From Old French desobeir.
- derived from desobeir
Definitions
To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey an order of (somebody).
- disobey the rules
- disobey your parents
To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey.
The neighborhood
- synonymbalk
- synonymdecline
- synonymdisregard
- synonymdisobey
- synonymignore
- synonymrefuse
- synonymunmind
- antonymobey
- antonymaccede
- antonymassent
- antonymacquiesce
- antonymcomply
- antonymconform
- antonymsubmit
- antonymyield
- neighbordisobedient
- neighbordisobedience
- neighborbreak
- neighborcontravene
- neighbordefy
- neighborflout
- neighborinfringe
- neighborjib
- neighborviolate
- neighborcommand
- neighborinstruction
- neighborreact
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for disobey. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA