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    contumacious
    /ˌkɒntjʊˈmeɪʃəs/

    adjective

    • 1. (especially of a defendant's behaviour) stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority: archaic "his refusal to make child support payments was contumacious"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCONTUMACIOUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Contumacious means refusing to obey or respect the law in a way that shows contempt, or disrespectful in general. Learn more about this word, its pronunciation, synonyms, and translations in different languages.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › contumaciousContumacious Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Contumacious means stubbornly disobedient or rebellious, especially in legal contexts. Learn the etymology, synonyms, and examples of this word from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.

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  5. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › contumaciousContumacious - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    He's showing you his contumacious side, meaning he's stubbornly resisting authority. You might hear the word contumacious used in a courtroom to describe an uncooperative witness or someone who willfully disobeys an order given by the court.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCONTUMACIOUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient. SYNONYMS contrary, pigheaded, factious, refractory, headstrong, intractable. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC. Modified entries © 2019 by Penguin Random House LLC and HarperCollins Publishers Ltd. Derived forms. contumaciously. adverb.

  7. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › contumaciouscontumacious adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

    Definition of contumacious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › contumaciousContumacious - definition of contumacious by The Free Dictionary

    Contumacious means obstinately disobedient or rebellious; insubordinate. Find the origin, pronunciation, and translations of this adjective, as well as related words and antonyms.

  9. www.oed.com › dictionary › contumacious_adjcontumacious, adj. meanings, etymology and more - Oxford English...

    There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective contumacious, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.