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- Dictionarydisobey/ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/
verb
- 1. fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority): "around 1,000 soldiers had disobeyed orders and surrendered"
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DISOBEY definition: 1. to refuse to do something that you are told to do: 2. to refuse to do something that you are…. Learn more.
: to fail to obey. disobeyer noun. Synonyms. defy. mock. rebel (against) See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of disobey in a Sentence. If you disobey, you will be severely punished. The soldier disobeyed the general's orders. He was afraid to disobey his father. The driver had disobeyed the law.
Disobey definition: to neglect or refuse to obey.. See examples of DISOBEY used in a sentence.
When you don't follow the rules — especially when they come from a teacher, parent, boss or other authority figure — you disobey. A first-grader disobeys his teacher when he can't help running in the halls of the school, and a dog will disobey your shouted commands if you haven't trained her very well.
DISOBEY meaning: 1. to refuse to do something that you are told to do: 2. to refuse to do something that you are…. Learn more.
verb. When someone disobeys a person or an order, they deliberately do not do what they have been told to do. ...a naughty boy who often disobeyed his mother and father. [VERB noun] He urged Russian soldiers to disobey orders if asked to fire on civilian targets. [VERB noun] They were threatened with punishment if they disobeyed. [VERB]
verb. 1. defy, ignore, rebel, resist, disregard, refuse to obey, dig your heels in (informal), go counter to a naughty boy who often disobeyed his mother. 2. infringe, defy, refuse to obey, flout, violate, contravene, overstep, transgress, go counter to He was forever disobeying the rules.
disobey (somebody/something) to refuse to do what a person, a law, an order, etc. tells you to do; to refuse to obey. He was punished for disobeying orders. How dare you disobey me! She sighed deeply but dared not disobey.
disobey definition: to not do what you are told to do by someone in authority: . Learn more.
Verb. Filter. verb. disobeyed, disobeying, disobeys. To refuse or fail to follow an order or rule. American Heritage. To refuse or fail to obey. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Synonyms: misbehave. infringe. ignore. disregard. resist. rebel. violate. transgress. defy. get out of line. thumb one's nose at. fly-in-the-face-of. run-riot.
