Contumacious

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              There is another very, efficacious method for
              subduing the most obstinate, contumacious sinner.
                                                    --Hammond.
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     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.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  contumacious
       adj : wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; "a contumaceous
             witness is subject to punishment"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  40 Moby Thesaurus words for "contumacious":
     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