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- DictionaryDis·o·bey/ˌdisəˈbā/
verb
- 1. fail to obey (rules, a command, or someone in authority): "around 1,000 soldiers had disobeyed orders and surrendered"
: 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.
to intentionally fail to do what you are told or expected to do; not obey: [ T ] Half of the city’s drivers tend to disobey rules and behave poorly. (Definition of disobey from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Disobey definition: to neglect or refuse to obey.. See examples of DISOBEY used in a sentence.
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.
When you don't follow the rules — especially when they come from a teacher, parent, boss or other authority figure — you disobey.
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. American English: disobey / dɪsəˈbeɪ /. Arabic: يَعْصي.
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.
