insubordinate in English

adjective

1

defiant of authority; disobedient to orders.

an insubordinate attitude

synonyms: disobedient, unruly, wayward, errant, badly behaved, disorderly, undisciplined, delinquent, troublesome, rebellious, defiant, recalcitrant, uncooperative, willful, intractable, unmanageable, uncontrollable, awkward, difficult, perverse, contrary, disrespectful, cheeky

adjective

• disobedient, unruly, wayward, errant, badly behaved, disorderly, undisciplined, delinquent, troublesome, rebellious, defiant, recalcitrant, uncooperative, willful, intractable, unmanageable, uncontrollable, awkward, difficult, perverse, contrary, disrespectful, cheeky
• resistive, resistant

Use "insubordinate" in a sentence

1. It looks insubordinate, but it isn't.

2. The men became mutinous and insubordinate.

3. 5 That's an insubordinate response.

4. 2 Many teachers dislike insubordinate children.

5. 3 The men became mutinous and insubordinate.

6. 4 The professor cited several instances of insubordinate behavior.

7. In industry, a worker who is grossly insubordinate is threatened with discharge.

8. 6 A pity that they chose such an insubordinate path for themselves.

9. 7 Do as mother says. If you are insubordinate, father will probably hear of it.

10. 1 In industry, a worker who is grossly insubordinate is threatened with discharge.

11. Synonyms for Brattish include bratty, naughty, bad, disobedient, mischievous, wayward, misbehaving, fractious, insubordinate and misbehaved

12. Synonyms for Balky include recalcitrant, refractory, disobedient, intractable, rebellious, contrary, defiant, insubordinate, unruly and wayward

13. Antonyms for Acquiescing include resistant, defiant, dissident, unwilling, opposed, opposing, repellent, insubordinate, resistive and unyielding

14. It is deconstructed, leaving the playfulness of Accidencies, insubordinate to the centre of substance

15. 9 These are not stories of abusive familial situations, nor of insubordinate young women.

16. Breakaway adjective rebel, revolutionary, rebellious, dissenting, insurgent, seceding, secessionist, heretical, mutinous, insubordinate, insurrectionary, schismatic a Breakaway group Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition

17. His record shows him to be an insubordinate, unprincipled opportunist with a history of violating the chain of command whenever it suited him.

18. Great-aunt unthought Alistair unavailable cast-iron propel Danaus gold-striped dingey Bistipular triangulate unthorough terrellas unthinking sanemindedness insubordinate moisture traitless Gunneraceae

19. An obsessive, insubordinate homicide Cop is convinced a serial killer is loose in the Hollywood area and disobeys orders in order to catch him.

20. Antonyms for Behave include act up, misBehave, be bad, be insubordinate, be naughty, carry on, muck about, get up to mischief, lark and be misBehaved

21. Susan Marshall, Insubordinate Costume – Triangles, 2020, washable paper, split pins Performance development for Alice in Wonderland with Tilde Knudsen of Teater Asterions Hus, Copenhagen Foto: Susan Marshall

22. 8 This morning at about nine o' clock, forewoman No. Wang Chin-chen, ran into my office to report that Yao Chin-feng in Row No. 12 had made a mistake and was being insubordinate about it.

23. Contumacy: 1 n obstinate rebelliousness and insubordination; resistance to authority Type of: insubordination , rebelliousness an insubordinate act n willful refusal to appear before a court or comply with a court order; can result in a finding of contempt of court Type of: …