Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To refuse or (intentionally) fail to adhere to (a rule) or to obey an order from (somebody).

    disobey the rules

    disobey your parents

    missachten

  2. (intransitive)To refuse or (intentionally) fail to obey.

    Under an authoritarian regime, people have an obligation to disobey.

    nicht gehorchen

More definitions
  • refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient

Examples

78 sentences
  1. Tom disobeyed me.

    Том мене не послухав.

    ruТом меня не послушался.

    deTom hat mir nicht gehorcht.

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  2. Why did you disobey my order?

    ruПочему ты ослушался моего приказа?

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  3. Why did you disobey my orders?

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  4. Tom doesn't usually disobey his parents.

    deTom hält sich in der Regel an die Gebote seiner Eltern.

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  5. It's sometimes OK to disobey orders.

    deEs ist bisweilen in Ordnung, Befehle zu mißachten.

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Translations

6 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to refuse to obey an order:
to refuse to obey:

Origin

From Old French desobeir.

From Old French desobeir.

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Forms

disobeys, disobeying, disobeyed, disobeyed
Base formdisobey · to disobey
3rd person singulardisobeys
Present participledisobeying
Past simpledisobeyed
Past participledisobeyed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydisobey
he, she, itdisobeys

Past simpleLesson

all personsdisobeyed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave disobeyed
he, she, ithas disobeyed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill disobey

Synonyms

7 synonyms

Antonyms

8 antonyms

Word family

15 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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