English to Afrikaans Meaning of contumacious - weerbarstig

Contumacious :

weerbarstig

adjective

ongehoorsame, vuurvaste, onstuimige, oproerige, onregeerbaar, weerbarstig, hardnekkige, hard koppig, breë bors, uitgesproke, toeters

Contumacious :: weerbarstigContumaciously :: contumaciously

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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 ::

weerbarstig

Related Phrases of contumacious

(1) contumacious ::

weerbarstig

Synonyms

1. disobedient ::

ongehoorsame

2. refractory ::

vuurvaste

3. turbulent ::

onstuimige

4. unruly ::

oproerige

5. intractable ::

onregeerbaar

6. contumacious ::

weerbarstig

7. stubborn ::

hardnekkige

8. obstinate ::

hard koppig

9. chesty ::

breë bors

10. opinionated ::

uitgesproke

11. gnarly ::

toeters

12. stiff-necked ::

hardnekkige

13. wrong-headed ::

-Verkeerd gelei

14. dour ::

dour

15. wayward ::

dwars

16. uppity ::

aanmatigend

18. audacious ::

gewaagde

19. overweening ::

verwaand

20. undisciplined ::

ongedissiplineerde

21. impudent ::

onbeskaamde

22. jackanapes ::

jackanapes

Antonyms

1. amenable ::

vatbaar

2. compliant ::

voldoen

3. docile ::

mak

4. obedient ::

gehoorsaam

5. submissive ::

onderdanig

6. tractable ::

soepel

Different Forms

contumacious, contumaciously

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