Antonyms for uncomplying
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kuhm-plahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : kəmˈplaɪ |
Definition of uncomplying
Origin :- early 14c., "to fulfill, carry out," from Old French compli, past participle of complir "to accomplish, fulfill, carry out," from Vulgar Latin *complire, from Latin complere "to fill up" (see complete (adj.)). Meaning influenced by ply (v.2). Sense of "to consent" began c.1600 and might have been a reintroduction from Italian, where complire had come to mean "satisfy by 'filling up' the forms of courtesy."
- As in insubordinate : adj rebellious
- Age and wealth are uncomplying task-masters—habit and power endure restraint with an ill grace.
- Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever
- Not only was the uncomplying Avaugour recalled, but the bishop himself was requested to nominate a successor.
- Extract from : « Count Frontenac » by William Dawson LeSueur
- In this they were deceived; and his firmness and uncomplying integrity is supposed to have accelerated his fall.
- Extract from : « The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810 » by Various
- Others of the company, as Vane and Adams, incurred the Protector's displeasure by too uncomplying principles.
- Extract from : « The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 » by Various
Synonyms for uncomplying
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