How to spell disobey

Disobey is spelled D-I-S-O-B-E-Y.

hear itdis·o·bey/,dɪsə'beɪ/verbPrefixes and work

What it means: To refuse or fail to follow rules or orders.

In a sentence: It's not nice to disobey the teacher.

Same family: obey, obedient, disobedient, obedience, disobedience. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Disobey” comes from the Old French word “desobeir,” built from Latin roots meaning roughly “not listen to.” The negative prefix dis- turns “obey” (follow, listen to) into its opposite: “to refuse to follow.”

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