contumacious
- s wilfully obstinate; stubbornly disobedient
- Roaring into the House of Commons in 1929, the original Angry Young Man, he becamesecond only to his archfoe, Winston Churchill the most hypnotic orator and contumacious .
- The citation read: "In recognition of his having daringly espoused and cherished the cause of a free press by remaining contumacious in the face of critics.
- What is "the media"? Usually, a contumacious clich.