disobey

UK: /ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/ US: /ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/ ,(dis′ə bā′)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

dis•o•bey /ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/   v. 

1. 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.

Related Words

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 © 2025

dis•o•bey  (dis′ə bā′), v.t., v.i. 

1. 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. 
Synonyms

defy, disregard, resist, ignore, oppose.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

disobey / ˌdɪsəˈbeɪ/ verb

1. to neglect or refuse to obey (someone, an order, etc)

ˌdisoˈbeyer noun