contumacious

• Adjectif désignant une personne qui refuse obstinément ou volontairement d'obéir à l'autorité.

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.

   obstinément désobéissant

   • 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.

   Synonymesdefiantinsubordinateintractableobstinaterebelliousrecalcitrantrefractoryunyielding

   Antonymescompliantconformabledeferentialdociledutifulobedientsubmissivetractable