disobey

English

Etymology

From Old French desobeir.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ/, /ˌdɪs.oʊ.ˈbeɪ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪ

Verb

disobey (third-person singular simple present disobeys, present participle disobeying, simple past and past participle disobeyed)

1. (transitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey an order of (somebody).

   disobey the rules

   disobey your parents

2. (intransitive) To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey.
   • 1984, 10:44 from the start, in Dune‎^[1] (Science Fiction), spoken by Princess Irulan, →OCLC:

     The powerful Bene Gesserit sisterhood for ninety generations has been manipulating bloodlines to produce the Kwisatz Haderach, a superbeing. On Caladan, Jessica, a member of the sisterhood and the bound concubine of Duke Leto Atreides, had been ordered to bear only daughters. Because of her love for the duke, she disobeyed and gave birth to a son: Paul, Paul Atreides.

Antonyms

• obey

Related terms

• disobedient
• disobedience

Translations

to refuse to obey an order

• Arabic: عَصَى (ʕaṣā)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: не паслухацца (nje pasluxacca), не паслухаць (nje pasluxacʹ), не падпарадкавацца (nje padparadkavacca)
• Catalan: desobeir (ca)
• Danish: nægte (da) c
• Dutch: niet gehoorzamen
• Esperanto: malobei
• Finnish: kieltäytyä tottelemasta
• French: désobéir (fr)
• German: missachten (de)
• Greek: απειθώ (el) (apeithó), παρακούω (el) (parakoúo)

  Ancient: ἀπειθέω (apeithéō), παρακούω (parakoúō)

• Italian: disubbidire (it)
• Latin: inoboedio
• Maori: takahi, whakatīhoihoi, whakahoihoi
• Oromo: diduu
• Polish: nie słuchać impf
• Portuguese: desobedecer (pt), desacatar (pt)
• Quechua: llamkay
• Scottish Gaelic: rach an aghaidh, eas-ùmhlaich
• Spanish: desobedecer (es), desacatar (es)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

to refuse to obey

• Arabic: عَصَى (ʕaṣā)
• Bulgarian: не се подчинявам (ne se podčinjavam)
• Danish: nægte (da) c
• Finnish: olla tottelematon
• French: désobéir (fr)
• German: nicht gehorchen
• Greek: απειθώ (el) (apeithó), παρακούω (el) (parakoúo)

  Ancient: ἀπειθέω (apeithéō), παρακούω (parakoúō)

• Haitian Creole: dezobeyi
• Hungarian: engedetlenkedik (hu)
• Maori: tīhoihoi
• Scottish Gaelic: eas-ùmhlaich
• Spanish: desobedecer (es), insubordinarse (es), indisciplinarse (es)
• Swahili: kuasi (sw)

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