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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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

Dictionary Results for contumacious:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

contumacious
    adj 1: wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; "a
           contumaceous witness is subject to punishment"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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            There is another very, efficacious method for
            subduing the most obstinate, contumacious sinner.
                                                  --Hammond.
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   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.
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