contumacious

con·tu·ma·cious

adjective \ˌkän-tü-ˈmā-shəs, -tyü-ˈ, -chə-ˈ\

Definition of CONTUMACIOUS

: stubbornly disobedient : rebellious

— con·tu·ma·cious·ly adverb

Examples of CONTUMACIOUS

1. <the judge threatened to charge the contumacious witness with contempt of court>

First Known Use of CONTUMACIOUS

1583

Related to CONTUMACIOUS

Synonyms

balky, contrary, disobedient, defiant, froward, incompliant, insubordinate, intractable, obstreperous, rebel, rebellious, recalcitrant, recusant, refractory, restive, ungovernable, unruly, untoward, wayward, willful (or wilful)

Antonyms

amenable, biddable, compliant, conformable, docile, obedient, ruly, submissive, tractable

Related Words

noncooperative, uncooperative; insurgent, mutinous; adamant, adamantine, dogged, hardheaded, headstrong, immovable, implacable, inflexible, mulish, negativistic, obdurate, obstinate, opinionated, peevish, pertinacious, pigheaded, rigid, self-willed, stubborn, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unyielding; fractious, restive, uncontrollable, unmanageable, wild; perverse, resistant, wrongheaded; bad, disorderly, errant, misbehaving, mischievous, monkeying, monkeyish, naughty; undisciplined; dissident, nonconformist; discourteous, disrespectful, ill-bred, ill-mannered, ill-natured, impertinent, impolite, impudent, inconsiderate, insolent, ornery, rude, uncivil, uncouth, ungracious, unmannerly

Near Antonyms

acquiescent, agreeable, amiable, cooperative, deferential, obliging; yielding; behaved, disciplined, well-bred; courteous, polite, respectful; kowtowing, obsequious, servile, slavish, subservient; decorous, mannerly, orderly, proper; controllable, governable, manageable, trainable

Rhymes with CONTUMACIOUS

arenaceous, carbonaceous, disputatious, efficacious, farinaceous, foliaceous, gallinaceous, orchidaceous, ostentatious, perspicacious, pertinacious, solanaceous, violaceous