Do you disobey me?
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Disobey
//ˌdɪs.əˈbeɪ//
Synonyms for "disobey" (37 found)
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Related words (18)
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54 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- παρακούω verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- παρακούω verb (to refuse to obey)
- ἀνηκουστέω verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- ἀνηκουστέω verb (to refuse to obey)
Arabic
2 entries- عَصَى verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- عَصَى verb (to refuse to obey)
Belarusian
3 entries- не падпарадкавацца verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- не паслухацца verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- не паслухаць verb (to refuse to obey an order)
Bulgarian
1 entries- не се подчинявам verb (to refuse to obey)
Catalan
1 entries- desobeir verb (to refuse to obey an order)
Danish
2 entries- nægte verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- nægte verb (to refuse to obey)
Dutch
1 entries- niet gehoorzamen verb (to refuse to obey an order)
Esperanto
1 entries- malobei verb (to refuse to obey an order)
Finnish
2 entries- kieltäytyä tottelemasta verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- olla tottelematon verb (to refuse to obey)
French
2 entries- désobéir verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- désobéir verb (to refuse to obey)
German
2 entries- missachten verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- nicht gehorchen verb (to refuse to obey)
Greek
4 entries- απειθώ verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- απειθώ verb (to refuse to obey)
- παρακούω verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- παρακούω verb (to refuse to obey)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- dezobeyi verb (to refuse to obey)
Hungarian
1 entries- engedetlenkedik verb (to refuse to obey)
Italian
1 entries- disubbidire verb (to refuse to obey an order)
Latin
1 entries- inoboedio verb (to refuse to obey an order)
Lithuanian
1 entries- nepaklusti verb (to refuse to obey an order)
Māori
4 entries- takahi verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- tīhoihoi verb (to refuse to obey)
- whakahoihoi verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- whakatīhoihoi verb (to refuse to obey an order)
Oromo
1 entries- diduu verb (to refuse to obey an order)
Polish
4 entries- być nieposłusznym verb (to refuse to obey)
- lekceważyć verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- nie słuchać się verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- nie słuchać się verb (to refuse to obey)
Portuguese
2 entries- desacatar verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- desobedecer verb (to refuse to obey an order)
Quechua
1 entries- llamkay verb (to refuse to obey an order)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- eas-ùmhlaich verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- eas-ùmhlaich verb (to refuse to obey)
- rach an aghaidh verb (to refuse to obey an order)
Spanish
4 entries- desacatar verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- desobedecer verb (to refuse to obey an order)
- desobedecer verb (to refuse to obey)
- indisciplinarse verb (to refuse to obey)
Swahili
1 entries- kuasi verb (to refuse to obey)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Tom didn't have the courage to disobey Mary.
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Do not disobey the rules.
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We wouldn't want to disobey the teacher, would we?
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