Contumacious

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient. There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. Hammond.

2. Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. Blackstone.

Synonyms: Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong. Con`tu*ma"cious*ly, adv. Con`tu*ma"cious*ness, n.