contumacious
11contumacious — 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 …
12contumacious — con·tu·ma·cious || ‚kÉ’ntjuË meɪʃəs adj. headstrong, rebellious …
13contumacious — [ˌkɒntjʊ meɪʃəs] adjective archaic or Law stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority. Derivatives contumaciously adverb contumacy noun Origin C16: from L. contumax, contumac (perh. from con with + tumere to swell ) + ious …
14contumacious — a. Insolently disobedient, wilfully disrespectful, obstinate, perverse, stubborn, headstrong, heady, dogged, intractable, refractory, cross grained, stiff necked, pertinacious, obdurate …
15contumacious — adjective formal unreasonably disobedient contumaciously adverb …
16contumacious — adj contrary, perverse, froward, refractory, cross grained, Scot. thrawn, wrong headed; obstinate, stubborn, stubborn as a mule, mulish, pigheaded, bullheaded; willful, self willed, intractable, headstrong, pervicacious, stiff necked, dogged,… …
17contumacious — con·tu·ma·cious …
18contumacious — con•tu•ma•cious [[t]ˌkɒn tʊˈmeɪ ʃəs, tyʊ [/t]] adj. stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully disobedient • Etymology: 1590–1600; < L contumāx unyielding, stubborn (con con + tum of uncert. sense + āx adj. suffix); see acious con… …
19contumacious — /kɒntʃuˈmeɪʃəs/ (say konchooh mayshuhs) adjective stubbornly perverse or rebellious; wilfully and obstinately disobedient to authority. {contumacy + ous} –contumaciously, adverb –contumaciousness, noun …
20contumacious — a. obstinate; rebellious. ♦ contumacy, n. ♦ contumacity, n. such act …
