contumacious

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• contumacious — I adjective anarchistic, cantankerous, contemptuous, contumax, defiant, defying lawful authority, disobedient, entete, factious, fractious, headstrong, indocile, indomitable, insolent, insolently disobedient, insubordinate, intractable, mutinous …   Law dictionary

• Contumacious — Con tu*ma cious, a. [L. contumax, acis. See {Contumacy}.] 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. [1913 Webster] There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• contumacious — (adj.) c.1600, from L. contumaci , stem of contumax haughty, insolent, obstinate (see CONTUMELY (Cf. contumely)) + OUS (Cf. ous) …   Etymology dictionary

• contumacious — rebellious, *insubordinate, mutinous, seditious, factious Analogous words: *contrary, perverse, froward: refractory, recalcitrant, intractable, ungovernable, *unruly, headstrong Antonyms: obedient Contrasted words: *compliant, acquiescent,… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• contumacious — [adj] headstrong, obstinate alienated, contrary, disaffected, estranged, factious, froward, haughty, inflexible, insubordinate, insurgent, intractable, intransigent, irreconcilable, mutinous, obdurate, perverse, pig headed, rebellious,… …   New thesaurus

• contumacious — [kän΄tyo͞o mā′shəs, kän΄təmā′shəs] adj. [< CONTUMACY + OUS] obstinately resisting authority; insubordinate; disobedient contumaciously adv …   English World dictionary

• contumacious — adjective /ˌkɒn.tjʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs,ˌkɑːn.tʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs,ˌkɑːn.tjəˈmeɪ.ʃəs/ a) Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious. The queen hears of it; takes occaſion to paſſe wher he is, on purpoſe, that, under prætense of reconſiling to him, or …   Wiktionary

• contumacious — adjective Date: 1583 stubbornly disobedient ; rebellious • contumaciously adverb …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• contumacious — contumaciously, adv. contumaciousness, contumacity /kon too mas i tee, tyoo /, n. /kon too may sheuhs, tyoo /, adj. stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient. [1590 1600; CONTUMACY + OUS] Syn. contrary, pigheaded,… …   Universalium

• contumacious — Synonyms and related words: alienated, beyond control, breachy, contrary, defiant, disaffected, estranged, factious, fractious, froward, impatient of control, incorrigible, indocile, indomitable, insuppressible, insurgent, intractable,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• contumacious — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. insubordinate, disobedient, unyielding, intractable; see obstinate , rebellious 2 , 3 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Marked by defiance: defiant, recalcitrant. See RESIST …   English dictionary for students