contumacious
About 0.06 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
- adjective Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.
Similar words
insubordinate ornery factious unscrupulous miscreant perverse recreant mutinous contraventional licentious
Often followed by
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Word family
contumaciously
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