Contumacious synonyms

kŏn'tə-mā'shəs, -tyə-

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insubordinate
Not submitting to authority; intractable, insolent, disobedient, etc.
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unyielding
Not giving in; not bending; stubborn.
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obstinate (related)
Difficult to alleviate or cure.
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disobedient
Not obedient; refusing or failing to obey; insubordinate; refractory
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intractable
Difficult to mold or manipulate:
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rebellious (related)
Showing rebellion.
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haughty
Having or showing great pride in oneself and disdain, contempt, or scorn for others; proud; arrogant; supercilious
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mutinous
Of, pertaining to, or constituting mutiny.
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ornery
(Humorous, southern US) Mischievous, prankish, teasing, disagreeable but in a good way.
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riotous
Luxuriant or profuse
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unruly
Difficult to keep in place or in order:
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willing (antonym)
The definition of willing is agreeable do something.
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obedient (antonym)
Dutifully complying with the commands, orders, or instructions of one in authority.
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tractable (antonym)
The definition of tractable is someone or something easy to manage, control or handle.
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subordinate (antonym)
Inferior to or placed below another in rank, power, importance, etc.; secondary
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following (antonym)
Coming next, either in sequence or in time.
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defiant
Marked by defiance; boldly resisting.
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recalcitrant
Hard to handle or deal with
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resist (related)
Marked by defiance
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Contumacious Sentence Examples

  • His earliest ally was Ahmed "Jezzar," who established himself in Acre in contumacious independence late in the 18th century.

  • The first won because the general trend of the world was in their favor, and because their opponents were blind, contumacious, and divided among themselves.

  • The first muttering of the storm which was soon to break was heard in a breve issued in 1741 by Benedict XIV., wherein he denounced the Jesuit offenders as "disobedient, contumacious, captious and reprobate persons," and enacted many stringent regulations for their better government.

  • On the 25th of November he was pronounced contumacious by the pope and excommunicated, and a commission was sent to England to degrade him from his office of archbishop. This was done with the usual humiliating ceremonies in Christ Church, Oxford, on the 14th of February 1556, and he was then handed over to the secular power.

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