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contumacious a. 不听命令的,顽固的,反抗法院命令的 不听命令的,顽固的,反抗法院命令的 contumacious adj 1: wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; " a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment" Contumacious \ Con` tu* ma" cious\ ( k[ o^] n` t[- u]* m[= a]" sh[ u^] s), a. [ L. contumax, - acis. See { Contumacy}.] 1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. [ 1913 Webster] There is another very, efficacious method for subduing the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. -- Hammond. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Law) Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court. -- Blackstone. Syn: Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong. -- { Con` tu* ma" cious* ly}, adv. -- { Con` tu* ma" cious* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] 40 Moby Thesaurus words for " contumacious": alienated, beyond control, breachy, contrary, defiant, disaffected, estranged, factious, fractious, froward, impatient of control, incorrigible, indocile, indomitable, insuppressible, insurgent, intractable, irreconcilable, irrepressible, obstreperous, ornery, out of hand, perverse, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, resistant, resisting, restive, seditious, shrewish, unbiddable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unruly, unsubmissive, wild
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