contumacious

contumacious is a 12-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 24 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

12 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 24 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.
2. adjective. Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court.
3. adjective. wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient

   "a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment"

Common word forms

contumaciously

Words from these letters

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