Definition of contumacious in English:

contumacious

adjective ˌkɒntjʊˈmeɪʃəsˌkɑnt(j)ʊˈmeɪʃəs

Law archaic

(especially of a defendant's behaviour) stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority.
his refusal to make child support payments was contumacious
Example sentencesExamples
- 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.
- These contumacious students were, as students frequently are, inebriated by ideas to the point of silliness.
- Parliament was intending to impose a penalty on a contumacious employer who decides he is not going to give the employee the required statement.
- The current law in Ontario is that, in order to be ordered to pay costs personally, a solicitor, acting in bad faith, must be guilty of outrageous conduct that is contumacious and so egregious as to engage the contempt powers of the court.
Synonyms
stubborn, headstrong, wilful, unyielding, inflexible, unbending, intransigent, intractable, obdurate, mulish, stubborn as a mule, pig-headed, bull-headed, self-willed, strong-minded, strong-willed, contrary, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unmanageable, cross-grained, stiff-necked, stiff, rigid, steely, iron-willed, uncompromising, implacable, relentless, unrelenting, unpersuadable, immovable, unmalleable, unshakeable, inexorable, with one's feet dug in, with one's toes dug in, persistent, persevering, tenacious, pertinacious, dogged, single-minded, adamant, firm, steadfast, determined

Derivatives

contumaciously

adverb

Law

archaic

He was practical and level-headed, and the things he saw in this new world contumaciously defied everything he had been taught to believe in.
Example sentencesExamples
- The document addresses the public scandal of politicians who persistently and contumaciously oppose the church's teaching without any appropriate response from their pastors.
- They might start saying ‘on the other hand’ and contumaciously adding counter-arguments to the lesson plans that they provide.

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin contumax, contumac- (perhaps from con- 'with' + tumere 'to swell') + -ious.

Rhymes

Athanasius, audacious, bodacious, cactaceous, capacious, carbonaceous, Cretaceous, curvaceous, disputatious, edacious, efficacious, fallacious, farinaceous, flirtatious, foliaceous, fugacious, gracious, hellacious, herbaceous, Ignatius, loquacious, mendacious, mordacious, ostentatious, perspicacious, pertinacious, pugnacious, rapacious, sagacious, salacious, saponaceous, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, spacious, tenacious, veracious, vexatious, vivacious, voracious

Definition of contumacious in US English:

contumacious

adjectiveˌkɑnt(j)ʊˈmeɪʃəsˌkänt(y)o͝oˈmāSHəs

Law archaic

(especially of a defendant's behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.
his refusal to make child support payments was contumacious
Example sentencesExamples
- 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.
- These contumacious students were, as students frequently are, inebriated by ideas to the point of silliness.
- The current law in Ontario is that, in order to be ordered to pay costs personally, a solicitor, acting in bad faith, must be guilty of outrageous conduct that is contumacious and so egregious as to engage the contempt powers of the court.
- Parliament was intending to impose a penalty on a contumacious employer who decides he is not going to give the employee the required statement.
Synonyms
stubborn, headstrong, wilful, unyielding, inflexible, unbending, intransigent, intractable, obdurate, mulish, stubborn as a mule, pig-headed, bull-headed, self-willed, strong-minded, strong-willed, contrary, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unmanageable, cross-grained, stiff-necked, stiff, rigid, steely, iron-willed, uncompromising, implacable, relentless, unrelenting, unpersuadable, immovable, unmalleable, unshakeable, inexorable, with one's feet dug in, with one's toes dug in, persistent, persevering, tenacious, pertinacious, dogged, single-minded, adamant, firm, steadfast, determined

Origin

Late 16th century: from Latin contumax, contumac- (perhaps from con- ‘with’ + tumere ‘to swell’) + -ious.

单词	contumacious
释义	Definition of contumacious in English: contumacious adjective ˌkɒntjʊˈmeɪʃəsˌkɑnt(j)ʊˈmeɪʃəs Law archaic (especially of a defendant's behaviour) stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority. his refusal to make child support payments was contumacious Example sentencesExamples 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. These contumacious students were, as students frequently are, inebriated by ideas to the point of silliness. Parliament was intending to impose a penalty on a contumacious employer who decides he is not going to give the employee the required statement. The current law in Ontario is that, in order to be ordered to pay costs personally, a solicitor, acting in bad faith, must be guilty of outrageous conduct that is contumacious and so egregious as to engage the contempt powers of the court. Synonyms stubborn, headstrong, wilful, unyielding, inflexible, unbending, intransigent, intractable, obdurate, mulish, stubborn as a mule, pig-headed, bull-headed, self-willed, strong-minded, strong-willed, contrary, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unmanageable, cross-grained, stiff-necked, stiff, rigid, steely, iron-willed, uncompromising, implacable, relentless, unrelenting, unpersuadable, immovable, unmalleable, unshakeable, inexorable, with one's feet dug in, with one's toes dug in, persistent, persevering, tenacious, pertinacious, dogged, single-minded, adamant, firm, steadfast, determined Derivatives contumaciously adverb Law archaic He was practical and level-headed, and the things he saw in this new world contumaciously defied everything he had been taught to believe in. Example sentencesExamples The document addresses the public scandal of politicians who persistently and contumaciously oppose the church's teaching without any appropriate response from their pastors. They might start saying ‘on the other hand’ and contumaciously adding counter-arguments to the lesson plans that they provide. Origin Late 16th century: from Latin contumax, contumac- (perhaps from con- 'with' + tumere 'to swell') + -ious. Rhymes Athanasius, audacious, bodacious, cactaceous, capacious, carbonaceous, Cretaceous, curvaceous, disputatious, edacious, efficacious, fallacious, farinaceous, flirtatious, foliaceous, fugacious, gracious, hellacious, herbaceous, Ignatius, loquacious, mendacious, mordacious, ostentatious, perspicacious, pertinacious, pugnacious, rapacious, sagacious, salacious, saponaceous, sebaceous, sequacious, setaceous, spacious, tenacious, veracious, vexatious, vivacious, voracious Definition of contumacious in US English: contumacious adjectiveˌkɑnt(j)ʊˈmeɪʃəsˌkänt(y)o͝oˈmāSHəs Law archaic (especially of a defendant's behavior) stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority. his refusal to make child support payments was contumacious Example sentencesExamples 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. These contumacious students were, as students frequently are, inebriated by ideas to the point of silliness. The current law in Ontario is that, in order to be ordered to pay costs personally, a solicitor, acting in bad faith, must be guilty of outrageous conduct that is contumacious and so egregious as to engage the contempt powers of the court. Parliament was intending to impose a penalty on a contumacious employer who decides he is not going to give the employee the required statement. Synonyms stubborn, headstrong, wilful, unyielding, inflexible, unbending, intransigent, intractable, obdurate, mulish, stubborn as a mule, pig-headed, bull-headed, self-willed, strong-minded, strong-willed, contrary, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, uncooperative, unmanageable, cross-grained, stiff-necked, stiff, rigid, steely, iron-willed, uncompromising, implacable, relentless, unrelenting, unpersuadable, immovable, unmalleable, unshakeable, inexorable, with one's feet dug in, with one's toes dug in, persistent, persevering, tenacious, pertinacious, dogged, single-minded, adamant, firm, steadfast, determined Origin Late 16th century: from Latin contumax, contumac- (perhaps from con- ‘with’ + tumere ‘to swell’) + -ious.
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