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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•o•bey /ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/USA pronunciation v. - to fail or refuse to obey: [no object]If you disobey, you'll just go to bed earlier.[~ + object]He was always disobeying his parents.
disobey is a verb, disobedient is an adjective, disobedience is a noun:The child disobeyed his parents. The child was disobedient to his parents. His disobedience was punished. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dis•o•bey (dis′ə bā′),USA pronunciation v.t., v.i. - to neglect or refuse to obey.
- Old French desobeir, equivalent. to des- dis-1 + obeir to obey
- Middle English disobeien 1350–1400
dis′o•bey′er, n. defy, disregard, resist, ignore, oppose. |