English to Filipino Meaning of contumacious - suwail

Contumacious :

suwail

adjective

hindi masunurin, matigas ang ulo, hindi mapipigil, mailap, suwail, malapad ang dibdib, malaki ang pagkakilala sa sarili, pili-pilipit

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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 ::

suwail

Related Phrases of contumacious

(1) contumacious ::

suwail

Synonyms

1. disobedient ::

hindi masunurin

2. refractory ::

matigas ang ulo

3. turbulent ::

hindi mapipigil

4. unruly ::

matigas ang ulo

5. intractable ::

mailap

6. contumacious ::

suwail

7. stubborn ::

matigas ang ulo

8. obstinate ::

matigas ang ulo

9. chesty ::

malapad ang dibdib

10. opinionated ::

malaki ang pagkakilala sa sarili

11. gnarly ::

pili-pilipit

12. stiff-necked ::

matigas ang leeg

13. wrong-headed ::

maling buhok

14. dour ::

santo

15. wayward ::

naliligaw

16. uppity ::

pagkapagmataas

18. audacious ::

pangahas

19. overweening ::

hambog

20. undisciplined ::

hindi masunurin

21. impudent ::

walang hiya

22. jackanapes ::

taong bastos

Antonyms

1. amenable ::

palasunod

2. compliant ::

sang-ayon

3. docile ::

sunud-sunuran

4. obedient ::

masunurin

5. submissive ::

mababang-loob

6. tractable ::

masunurin

Different Forms

contumacious, contumaciously

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