Words and phrases that have a meaning related to disobey: (134 results)
Antonyms:
obey
Often used in the same context:
obey, flout, defy, enforce, abide, ignore, misbehave, transgress, disregarding, violate, jaywalk, adhere, mistreat, abrogate, uphold, blaspheme, heed, punish, behave, comply, retaliate, instruct, imprison, oppress, countermand, arrogate, admonish, contravene, shirk, confiscate, refuse, follow, excommunicate, reprove, intervene, displease, ordains, harass, abandon, abdicate, impose, prosecute, aggress, acquiesce, brutalise, repent, swear, maltreat, promulgate, vacate, yell, misinterpret, surrender, scold, detain, mollycoddle, rescind, forsake, overrule, overstep, persecute, invoke, shew, rusticate, fraternize, confront, derogating, dictate, renounce, spank, disbelieve, observe, desecrate, expel, crucify, tolerate, posse comitatus, despise, sue, brutalize, solemnize, betray, trample, oblige, legislate, revoke, criticize, enjoins, chasten, misapprehend, declare, meddle, expropriate, tyrannizing, deviate, eject, supplicate, mete, victimize, interpret, pray, tyrannise, stirs, alight, avail, avails, boast, bodhisattvas, chargeable, choosers, compare, comprehend, congregate, correspond, deem, despairing, destitute, directing, dwell, err, express, fathom
More specific:
balk, baulk, counteract, countermine, jib, resist, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken
More general:
Also try:decline
— Adjectives for disobey: wise, hers, longer, few, oftener, fearless
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