- Types Of Speech
- You can use contumacious as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Contumacious
- A 4 syllables adjective satellite and 12 letters with the letters a, c, i, m, n, o, s, t, and u, 6 consonants, 6 vowels and 4 syllables with the middle letters ma. Contumacious starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters c, co, con, cont, contu, and the ending characters are s, us, ous, ious, cious, ..
- Definition
- Wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient; "a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment"
- Origin/Roots
- Latin
- School Grade
- Contumacious is set as a sat word that starts with c, ends with s, 4 syllables, 6 vowels and 12 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Contumacious in Pig Latin is said as "ontumaciouscay or ontumaciouscway".
- Unigram
- c | o | n | t | u | m | a | c | i | o | u | s
- Bigram
- co | on | nt | tu | um | ma | ac | ci | io | ou | us
- Trigram
- con | ont | ntu | tum | uma | mac | aci | cio | iou | ous
- Quadrigram
- cont | ontu | ntum | tuma | umac | maci | acio | ciou | ious
- Word Gram
Synonym | Definition |
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Alienated | caused to be unloved |
Beyond Control | |
Breachy | |
Cantankerous | having a difficult and contrary disposition "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers |
Contrary | two propositions are contraries if both cannot be true but both can be false |
Crotchety | having a difficult and contrary disposition "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers |
Defiant | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force "brought up to be aggressive and defiant" "a defiant attitude" |
Depraved | marked by immorality deviating from what is considered right or proper or good "depraved criminals" "a perverted sense of loyalty" "the reprobate conduct of a gambling aristocrat" |
Disaffected | discontented as toward authority |
Dissentious | dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion) |
View all cognitive synonyms for Contumacious
Anagram | Definition |
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Contumacious | wilfully obstinate stubbornly disobedient "a contumaceous witness is subject to punishment" |
View English words with the unique letters used in contumacious. Words With The Letters Acimnostu
Similar Word | Definition |
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Insubordinate | disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority |
Contumacious Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With S