contumacious

• Устаревшее прилагательное, описывающее человека, который упрямо или намеренно не подчиняется власти.

An archaic adjective describing someone who is stubbornly or willfully disobedient to authority.

1. Willfully disobedientC2formal

   Stubbornly refusing to obey authority, especially in a legal or formal context.

   Упорно непослушный

   • The contumacious witness refused to answer the judge's questions.
   • His contumacious behavior in court led to a contempt charge.
   • The student was expelled for being contumacious towards the principal.

   Synonymsdefiantinsubordinateintractableobstinaterebelliousrecalcitrantrefractoryunyielding

   Antonymscompliantconformabledeferentialdociledutifulobedientsubmissivetractable