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obedient
[ oh-bee-dee-uhnt ]
adjective
an obedient son.
Synonyms: respectful, deferential, yielding, tractable, docile, compliant
Antonyms: recalcitrant
obedient
/ əˈbiːdɪənt /
adjective
- obeying or willing to obey
Derived Forms
- oˈbediently, adverb
Other Words From
- o·bedi·ent·ly adverb
- over·o·bedi·ent adjective
- over·o·bedi·ent·ly adverb
- preo·bedi·ent adjective
- preo·bedi·ent·ly adverb
- quasi-o·bedi·ent adjective
- quasi-o·bedi·ent·ly adverb
- super·o·bedi·ent adjective
- super·o·bedi·ent·ly adverb
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of obedient1
Example Sentences
He is, however, obedient about not turning on the stove burner without permission.
Being obedient disciples, they got in their carriages and followed their rebbe.
Prachi, meanwhile, is obedient to her father, but has a major problem with his mandate that she wed.
Such obedient conduct does not bring ‘value-added’ to the U.S.-U.K. relationship, nor help improve matters on the ground in Syria.
Inside her home, she was an obedient Nigerian child, eating beef stews for breakfast and wearing the traditional garb.
Had you not been loved, you never would have been chastised—you would never have become an obedient and willing child.
Now she imagined herself no longer possessing but entirely possessed; no longer commanding, but utterly obedient.
He had evidently assumed the direction of matters and his big assistant was amusingly obedient.
But we have dwelt in tents, and have been obedient according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Otherwise he was obedient, and generally enjoyed romping with his sisters.
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