Contumacious

Read as \kon-too-MEHY-shuhs; -tyoo\ and means
......rebellious
...........recalcitrant
................willfully obstinate
......................stubbornly disobedient

Other similar words: headstrong; factious; intractable; refractory; pigheaded

Example: She rejected her mother's words so contumaciously that it commenced a silent war between them for three years.

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