Contumacious

[,kɒntjʊ'meɪʃəs] or [,kɑntu'meʃəs]

Definition

(adj.) wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; 'a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment' .

Typist: Psyche--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.

(a.) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court.

Checker: Steve

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. Contemptuous, obstinate, perverse, stubborn, headstrong, heady, dogged, intractable, mulish, refractory, cross-grained, stiff-necked, pertinacious, obdurate.

Inputed by Ezra

Definition

adj. opposing lawful authority with contempt: obstinate: stubborn.—adv. Contumā′ciously.—ns. Contumā′ciousness; Con-tumac′ity; Con′tumacy obstinate disobedience or resistance.

Editor: Lyle