DISOBEYS Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

disobeys

verb

present tense third-person singular of disobey

as in ignores

to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules of students who disobey their teachers and use cell phones in class drivers who consistently disobey traffic laws

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Recent Examples of disobeys People don’t do what they’re supposed to, or someone betrays someone else for money or power or spite, or maybe a dragon just disobeys its rider and decides to murder a prince. — Brian Grubb, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026 Contempt of Congress is a federal misdemeanor in which an individual willfully disobeys or impedes a congressional investigation. — Connor Greene, Time, 6 Aug. 2026 Still, a young kid is a young kid no matter the era, and to fulfill his wish of seeing real dinosaurs, Arco disobeys his parents. — Carlos Aguilar, Variety, 6 Feb. 2026

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The White House is likely to play hardball if confronted with investigations, and Democrats are bracing for an administration that potentially ignores subpoenas or refuses to turn over paperwork that lawmakers are demanding.

— Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026
Defending Israel's military strikes, Netanyahu blasted the dramatic hall exit as mind-blowing hypocrisy that ignores the global threat posed by Iran.

— Staff, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of ignores

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The court recognized that an employer’s authority to terminate an at-will employee can be limited when a discharge violates fundamental public policy.

— William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026
The groups argued that the agency’s move violates its obligations under the Clean Air Act.

— Maydeen Merino, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of violates

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Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother is designed as an action flick as well as a portrait of a family dealing with tragedy and an insider’s look at an insular community that mocks harmful stereotypes without perpetrating them.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2026
And finally, another one of Wang’s creations mocks Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine’s infamously cringe sexts by showing the pop star losing his mind to a picture of Jolly’s derriere in an Instagram DM.

— Frank Landymore, Futurism, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of mocks

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Unlike Paris or New York, which are exhibitionists and appreciate a certain voyeur, Milan, as Porter implied, resists a single definition.

— José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026
That’s an attitude that Paulo Herkenhoff, a septuagenarian art curator, resists.

— Constance Malleret, Christian Science Monitor, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of resists

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Fox calls the deaths tragic but rejects responsibility Covering any armed conflict by definition involves peril.

— David Folkenflik, NPR, 4 Oct. 2026
The series backs up 25 years to a Connecticut farm where father Cyrus Trask (Tracy Letts), a peg-legged Civil War veteran, rejects Charles’ gift of a new knife in favor of Adam’s present of a stray puppy, creating a long trail of jealousy.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of rejects

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If your team is afraid to name real weaknesses, or if leadership dismisses uncomfortable truths, the analysis won’t do what it’s meant to do.

— Nancy Padberg, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026
Risks, but not existential ones Not everyone dismisses the risk quite so bluntly, though.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of dismisses

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