contumacious
stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
Origin of contumacious
1Other words for contumacious
Other words from contumacious
- con·tu·ma·cious·ly, adverb
- con·tu·ma·cious·ness, con·tu·mac·i·ty [kon-too-mas-i-tee, -tyoo-], /ˌkɒn tʊˈmæs ɪ ti, -tyʊ-/, noun
- non·con·tu·ma·cious, adjective
- non·con·tu·ma·cious·ly, adverb
- non·con·tu·ma·cious·ness, noun
- un·con·tu·ma·cious, adjective
- un·con·tu·ma·cious·ly, adverb
- un·con·tu·ma·cious·ness, noun
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How to use contumacious in a sentence
Chaussard junior was contumacious, and therefore received sentence of death.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheThe mere fact of doing so caused him to be treated as a contumacious rebel.
The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the first | Count Carlo GozziYet I think this should be sufficient, since we can sink you in an instant if you are foolish enough to prove contumacious.
With Airship and Submarine | Harry CollingwoodBut still the contumacious Mexia sold his corn and exacted his price!
Mexico, Aztec, Spanish and Republican Vol. 1 of 2 | Brantz MayerA swamp oak stump is one of the most contumacious stumps in the world.
The Cassowary | Stanley Waterloo
British Dictionary definitions for contumacious
/ (ˌkɒntjʊˈmeɪʃəs) /
stubbornly resistant to authority; wilfully obstinate
Derived forms of contumacious
- contumaciously, adverb
- contumaciousness, noun
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