Dictionary Entry
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
- 1adjective
Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.
- 2adjective
Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court.
- 3adjective
wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
"a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment"
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