'Contumacious' definitions:
Definition of 'contumacious'
From: WordNet
adjective
Wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; "a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment"
Definition of 'Contumacious'
From: GCIDE
- Contumacious \Con`tu*ma"cious\ (k[o^]n`t[-u]*m[=a]"sh[u^]s), a. [L. contumax, -acis. See Contumacy.]
- 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. [1913 Webster]
- There is another very, efficacious method for subduing the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. --Hammond. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court. --Blackstone.
- Syn: Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong. -- {Con`tu*ma"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Con`tu*ma"cious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'contumacious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alienated,
- beyond control,
- breachy,
- contrary,
- defiant,
- disaffected,
- estranged,
- factious,
- fractious,
- froward,
- impatient of control,
- incorrigible,
- indocile,
- indomitable,
- insuppressible,
- insurgent,
- intractable,
- irreconcilable,
- irrepressible,
- obstreperous,
- ornery,
- out of hand,
- perverse,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- restive,
- seditious,
- shrewish,
- unbiddable,
- uncontrollable,
- ungovernable,
- unmalleable,
- unmanageable,
- unmoldable,
- unruly,
- unsubmissive,
- wild