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Adjective: disobedient  ,dis-u'bee-dee-unt or ,dis-ow'bee-dee-unt
  1. Not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
    "disobedient children"
     
  2. Unwilling to submit to authority
    "disobedient teenagers";
    - unruly

See also: bad, contrary[2], defiant, difficult, fractious, froward [archaic], headstrong, incalcitrant [non-standard], incorrigible, insubordinate, intractable, noncompliant, obedience, obstinate, perverse, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, self-willed, stubborn, unmanageable, unregenerate, wayward, wilful [Brit, Cdn], willful [N. Amer]

Antonym: obedient

Encyclopedia: Disobedient