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Word | Contumacious |
wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment / wilfully obstinate / Exhibiting contumacy / disobedient; resisting authority / (especially of a defendant's behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority. / stubbornly disobedient : rebellious, | |
Usage | ⇒ The contumacious mob shouted defiantly at the police. ⇒ the judge threatened to charge the contumacious witness with contempt of court ⇒ I have found him to be in wilful and contumacious breach of the injunction on him, which I am quite certain he knew perfectly well he had to obey in every respect. |
Synonyms | refractory, recalcitrant, obstinate, stubborn, perverse, contrary, disobedient, insubordinate, intractable, rebellious, unruly, mutinous, defiant, headstrong, ungovernable, froward, insurgent, self-willed, wayward, inflexible, |
Antonyms | obedient, subordinate, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, submissive, tractable, yielding, acquiescent, amenable, agreeable, amiable, complaisant, controllable, dutiful, following, governable, manageable, obsequious, |
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