different between opinionated vs contumacious

English

Verb

opinionated

1. simple past tense and past participle of opinionate

Adjective

opinionated (comparative more opinionated, superlative most opinionated)

1. Having very strong opinions.

   Antonym: unopinionated

2. Holding to one's own opinion obstinately and unreasonably.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Latin contum?x (“stubborn, obstinate”)

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: con?tu?ma?cious
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?n.tj??me?.??s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k??n.t??me?.??s/, /?k??n.tj??me?.??s/
• Rhymes: -e???s

Adjective

contumacious (comparative more contumacious, superlative most contumacious)

1. Contemptuous of authority; willfully disobedient; rebellious.
   • 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes” in The Poetical Works of John Milton, volume 4 (edited by Henry John Todd; published in 1801), page 505:

     The queen hears of it; takes occa?ion to pa??e wher he is, on purpo?e, that, under prætense of recon?iling to him, or ?eeking to draw a kind retractation from him of the cen?ure on the marriage; to which end ?he ?ends a courtier before, to ?ound whether he might be per?uaded to mitigate his ?entence; which not finding, ?he her?elf craftily a??ays; and, on his con?tancie, ?ounds an accu?ation to Herod of a contumacious affront, on ?uch a day, before many peers; præpares the king to ?ome pa??ion, and at la?t, by her daughter’s dancing, effects it.

   • 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution, Book 2.V:

     In all places too are Dissident Priests; whom the Legislative will have to deal with: contumacious individuals, working on that angriest of passions; plotting, enlisting.

2. (law) Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.

Synonyms

• (contemptuous of authority): disobedient, insubordinate, obstinate, perverse, rebellious, stubborn

Related terms

• contumaciously
• contumaciousness
• contumacy
• contumely

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