English to Xhosa Meaning of contumacious - contumacious

Contumacious :

contumacious

adjective

angalaleli, eliyinjubaqa, -zanya-zanyisiwe, ehluphayo, zimpi, ilukhuni, nenkani, emibonweni

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Definitions of contumacious in English

Adjective(1) wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient

Examples of contumacious in English

(1) I have found him to be in wilful and contumacious breach of the injunction on him, which I am quite certain he knew perfectly well he had to obey in every respect.(2) Parliament was intending to impose a penalty on a contumacious employer who decides he is not going to give the employee the required statement.(3) The current law in Ontario is that, in order to be ordered to pay costs personally, a solicitor, acting in bad faith, must be guilty of outrageous conduct that is contumacious and so egregious as to engage the contempt powers of the court.(4) These contumacious students were, as students frequently are, inebriated by ideas to the point of silliness.(5) The document addresses the public scandal of politicians who persistently and contumaciously oppose the church's teaching without any appropriate response from their pastors.(6) They might start saying ├ö├ç├┐on the other hand├ö├ç├û and contumaciously adding counter-arguments to the lesson plans that they provide.(7) He was practical and level-headed, and the things he saw in this new world contumaciously defied everything he had been taught to believe in.

Related Phrases of contumacious

(1) contumacious ::

contumacious

Related Phrases of contumacious

(1) contumacious ::

contumacious

Synonyms

1. disobedient ::

angalaleli

2. refractory ::

eliyinjubaqa

3. turbulent ::

-zanya-zanyisiwe

4. unruly ::

ehluphayo

5. intractable ::

zimpi

6. contumacious ::

contumacious

7. stubborn ::

ilukhuni

8. obstinate ::

nenkani

9. chesty ::

chesty

10. opinionated ::

emibonweni

11. gnarly ::

gnarly

12. stiff-necked ::

abantamo ilukhuni

13. wrong-headed ::

embi-headed

14. dour ::

dour

15. wayward ::

ziphume

16. uppity ::

uppity

18. audacious ::

onesibindi

19. overweening ::

overweening

20. undisciplined ::

ongaqeqeshwayo

21. impudent ::

ehenyuzayo

22. jackanapes ::

jackanapes

Antonyms

1. amenable ::

iSADC

2. compliant ::

iyahambelana

3. docile ::

udlame

4. obedient ::

abathobelayo

5. submissive ::

bazithobe

6. tractable ::

tractable

Different Forms

contumacious, contumaciously

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