English-Thai Dictionary

obedient

ADJ ที่ เชื่อฟัง  ที่ อ่อนน้อม  compliant submissive docile disobedient unruly ti-chue-fang

 

obediently

ADV อย่าง เชื่อฟัง  devotedly loyally yang-chue-fang

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

OBEDIENT

a.[L. obediens.] Submissive to authority; yielding compliance with commands, orders or injunctions; performing what is required, or abstaining from what is forbid. The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, with due observance, wait the chief's command.

 

OBEDIENTIAL

a.According to the rule of obedience; in compliance with commands; as obediential submission.

 

OBEDIENTLY

adv. With obedience; with due submission to commands; with submission or compliance with orders.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OBEDIENT

O *be "di *ent, a. Etym: [OF. obedient, L. obediens, oboediens, -entis.p.pr. of obedire, oboedire, to obey. See Obey. ]

 

Defn: Subject in will or act to authority; willing to obey; submissive to restraint, control, or command. And floating straight, obedient to the stream. Shak. The chief his orders gives; the obedient band, With due observance, wait the chief's command. Pope.

 

Syn. -- Dutiful; respectful; compliant; submissive.

 

OBEDIENTIAL

O *be `di *en "tial, a. Etym: [Cf. F. obédientiel.]

 

Defn: According to the rule of obedience. [R.] An obediental subjection to the Lord of Nature. Sir M. Hale.

 

OBEDIENTLY

OBEDIENTLY O *be "di *ent *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an obedient manner; with obedience.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

obedient

o be di ent |ōˈbēdēənt əˈbidiənt | ▶adjective complying or willing to comply with orders or requests; submissive to another's will: she was totally obedient to him. PHRASES your obedient servant dated a formula used to end a letter. DERIVATIVES o be di ent ly adverb ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin oboedient- ‘obeying, ’ from the verb oboedire (see obey ).

 

obedientiary

obedientiary |ə (ʊ )ˌbiːdɪˈɛnʃ (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. obedientiaries ) the holder of a position of responsibility in a monastery or convent under a superior. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting a vassal ): from medieval Latin oboedientiarius, from oboedientia (see obedience ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

obedient

obedi |ent |əˈbiːdɪənt | ▶adjective complying or willing to comply with an order or request; submissive to another's authority: she was totally obedient to him. PHRASES your obedient servant dated a formula used to end a letter. DERIVATIVES obediently adverb ORIGIN Middle English: via Old French from Latin oboedient- ‘obeying ’, from the verb oboedire (see obey ).

 

obedientiary

obedientiary |ə (ʊ )ˌbiːdɪˈɛnʃ (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. obedientiaries ) the holder of a position of responsibility in a monastery or convent under a superior. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (denoting a vassal ): from medieval Latin oboedientiarius, from oboedientia (see obedience ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

obedient

obedient adjective obviously, you want an obedient dog for security work: compliant, acquiescent, tractable, amenable; dutiful, good, law-abiding, deferential, respectful, duteous, well trained, well disciplined, manageable, governable; docile, tame, biddable, meek, passive, submissive, unresisting, yielding; malleable, pliable, pliant, subservient, obsequious, servile. ANTONYMS disobedient, rebellious.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

obedient

obedient adjective Lucinda had always been very obedient: compliant, acquiescent, tractable, amenable; dutiful, good, law-abiding, deferential, respectful, duteous, under control, well trained, well disciplined, disciplined, observant, manageable, governable, conformable; docile, biddable, submissive, tame, meek, passive, unresisting, malleable, pliable, pliant, yielding, subservient, obsequious, servile. ANTONYMS disobedient, rebellious, unruly. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD obedient, biddable, docile, compliant, dutiful ■ Children and animals may be expected to be obedient, but nowadays the word is seldom used to describe adults without an implication of subservience (‘I was waiting for you to tell me. The obedient wife, ’ she said ) except when it is used of obedience to rules, the law, or a faith (she seeks to be obedient to the Lord ). ■ The critical note is still stronger in biddable: a biddable person (typically a woman or girl ) is excessively meek and ready to obey any instruction, without questioning either its wisdom or the authority of the person giving it (she'd been so meek, so biddable to this man ). It is also used of animals (the golden retriever is both biddable and intelligent ). ■ Docile, being used more commonly of animals, has similar implications, but in addition to unquestioning obedience it suggests a general reluctance to complain or rebel, even where such behaviour would be justified (employers depended on the regime for a cheap and docile workforce ). ■ Compliant means ‘disposed to agree with others or obey rules ’ and typically has a disparaging tone, criticising the compliant person for not having the willpower to stand up for themselves and show some independence by expressing their own views (compliant MPs loyally following party policy ). ■ Even dutiful, though applied to a large extent to family members ( daughter, son, wife, parent, mother, father ), may suggest a dull but worthy individual or the perfunctory fulfilment of an obligation (a dutiful postcard to his mother ).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Spanish Dictionary

obediente

obediente adjetivo Que obedece o acostumbra a obedecer :en el cuartel lo querían bien todos los jefes porque era obediente y disciplinado y nunca había sacado los pies del plato .

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

obedient

o be di ent /oʊbíːdiənt |əb- / (! -be-は /biː /) →obey 形容詞 more ～; most ～ «…に » 従順な , 言うことをよくきく, 忠実な ;【規則を 】よく守る «to » (↔disobedient )▸ You should be obedient to your teachers .先生の言うことをよくきくべきだ ▸ like an obedient dog 忠実な犬のように ▸ your obedient servant ｟古 かたく ｠謹白, 敬具 (!公式な手紙文の結語 ) .～ly 副詞 従順に, 素直に .