That's an insubordinate response.
This morning at about nine o' clock, forewoman No. 2, 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.
In industry, a worker who is grossly insubordinate is threatened with discharge.
When the higher officers are angry and insubordinate, and on meeting the enemy give battle on their own account from a feeling of resentment, before the commander-in-chief can tell whether or no he is in a position to fight, the result is ruin.
Do as mother says. If you are insubordinate, father will probably hear of it.
the men became mutinous and insubordinate.