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- pronunciation:
- kan
tu
meI
sh
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kan
tyu
meI
shs
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adjective |
| definition: |
stubbornly disobedient; insubordinate; rebellious.
Consistently contumacious at staff meetings, she was eventually fired, much to our relief.- synonyms:
- contrary, disobedient, froward, insubordinate, intractable, intransigent, perverse, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory
- antonyms:
- obedient
- similar words:
- adamant, balky, bullheaded, cross-grained, headstrong, mulish, mutinous, obstinate, pigheaded, restive, stubborn, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, willful
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| related words: |
contrary, defiant, disobedient, insubordinate, lawless, rebellious |
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| derivations: |
contumaciously (adv.), contumaciousness (n.) |
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