DISOBEY
Dictionary entry overview: What does disobey mean? • DISOBEY (verb)
The verb DISOBEY has 1 sense:
1. refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
Familiarity information: DISOBEY used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• DISOBEY (verb)
Meaning:
Refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Context example:
He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired
Hypernyms (to "disobey" is one way to...):
decline; refuse (show unwillingness towards)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "disobey"):
sit in (participate in an act of civil disobedience)
counteract; countermine; sabotage; subvert; undermine; weaken (destroy property or hinder normal operations)
balk; baulk; jib; resist (refuse to comply)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Antonym:
obey (be obedient to)
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