contumacious
Syllables: con·tu·ma·ciousUK/ˌkɒn.tjʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs//ˌkɑːn.tʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs/
contumacious adjective: contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
Adjective
contumacious (comparative more contumacious, superlative most contumacious)
- Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
- […] and, on his conſtancie, ſounds an accuſation to Herod of a contumacious affront, on ſuch a day, before many peers; præpares the king to ſome paſſion, and at laſt, by her daughter’s dancing, effects it.1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes”, in Henry John Todd, editor, The Poetical Works of John Milton, volume 4, published 1801, page 505
- In all places too are Dissident Priests; whom the Legislative will have to deal with: contumacious individuals, working on that angriest of passions; plotting, enlisting.1837, Thomas Carlyle, chapter IV, in The French Revolution: A History […], volume II (The Constitution), London: Chapman and Hall, →OCLC, book V (Parliament First)
- Synonyms:
- disobedient, insubordinate, obstinate, perverse, rebellious, stubborn
- Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.
contumacious meaning in Bengali and Kannada
contumacious in Bengali
- কর্তৃপক্ষের প্রতি অবজ্ঞাপূর্ণ, ইচ্ছাকৃতভাবে অবাধ্য, বিদ্রোহী, আদালতের আদেশ, সমন অমান্যকারী
contumacious in Kannada
- contumacious
- ಮೊಂಡು moṇḍu
Synonyms of contumacious
Forms of contumacious
| comparative | more contumacious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most contumacious |
Origin of contumacious
From Latin contumāx (“stubborn, obstinate”) + -ious. By surface analysis, contum(ax) + -acious.
Words that rhyme with contumacious
- gracious
- sequacious
- tenacious
- vexatious
- hellacious
- herbaceous
- ostentatious
- rapacious
- sebaceous
- vinaceous
- vivacious
- -aceous
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- acanthaceous
- alsinaceous
- audacious
- capacious
- cretaceous
- fallacious
- farinaceous
- flirtatious
- inefficacious
- juglandaceous
- mendacious
- micaceous
- orchidaceous
- perspicacious
- pertinacious
- salacious
- saponaceous
- spacious
- strobilaceous
- veracious
- voracious
- Acacius
- acinaceous
- alliaceous
- amentaceous
- amylaceous
- annonaceous
- apocynaceous
- argillaceous
- atramentaceous
- avenaceous
- bardacious
- bulbaceous
- camphoraceous
- camphrous
- carbonaceous
- cetaceous
- cucurbitaceous
- curvaceous
- dicacious
- edacious
- efficacious
- erinaceous
- fabaceous
- frumentaceous
- lamentacious
- lauraceous
- liliaceous
Questions about contumacious
- What does contumacious mean?
- Contumacious means contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
- What is contumacious in Bengali?
- Contumacious in Bengali is কর্তৃপক্ষের প্রতি অবজ্ঞাপূর্ণ, ইচ্ছাকৃতভাবে অবাধ্য, বিদ্রোহী. See Contumacious meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is contumacious?
- Contumacious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce contumacious?
- Contumacious is pronounced /ˌkɒn.tjʊˈmeɪ.ʃəs/ (UK).
Words near contumacious in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: contumacious (page history and authors); contumacious (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಮೊಂಡು (Kannada) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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