disobedient Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
- disobedient children
adjective satellite unwilling to submit to authority
unruly.
- unruly teenagers

Pref. dis- + obedient. See Disobey, Obedient.

Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts.
This disobedient spirit in the colonies. Burke.

Disobedient unto the word of the Lord. 1 Kings xiii. 26.
Not yielding.
Medicines used unnecessarily contribute to shorten life, by sooner rendering peculiar parts of the system disobedient to stimuli. E. Darwin.