Synonyms for recusant
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : rek-yuh-zuh nt, ri-kyoo-zuh nt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈrɛk yə zənt, rɪˈkyu zənt |
Top 10 synonyms for recusant
- abrogating
- advanced
- against
- agitator
- agnostic
- anarchical
- anarchistic
- annulling
- antagonistic
- anti
- antipathetic
- antipodal
- antipodean
- apostate
- atheistic
- bad
- balky
- blasphemous
- canting
- clashing
- colorless
- complete
- con
- contrariant
- contrary
- contravening
- contumacious
- converse
- counter
- counteractive
- criminal
- cynical
- deceitful
- defiling
- denying
- desecrating
- desecrative
- despotic
- detrimental
- diabolic
- diametric
- disallowing
- disavowing
- disobedient
- disordered
- disorderly
- disrespectful
- dissenter
- dissentient
- dissenting
- dissident
- entire
- evil
- excessive
- far-out
- fierce
- freethinking
- froward
- gainsaying
- gloomy
- godless
- hardened
- headstrong
- heretic
- heterodox
- hostile
- hypocritical
- iconoclastic
- immoderate
- immoral
- impugning
- inconsistent
- infringing
- inimical
- iniquitous
- insubordinate
- insurgent
- insurrectionary
- intractable
- intransigent
- invalidating
- irreligious
- irreverent
- jaundiced
- lawless
- leftist
- militant
- misbeliever
- mutinous
- naysaying
- negative
- neutralizing
- nihilistic
- noncompliant
- nonconforming
- nonconformist
- nugatory
- nullifying
- obstinate
- opposed
- opposing
- ornery
- paradoxical
- perverse
- perverted
- pessimistic
- pietistical
- piratical
- privative
- profane
- progressive
- protester
- rabid
- rebel
- rebellious
- recalcitrant
- recusant
- refractory
- refusing
- rejecting
- removed
- reprobate
- repugnant
- resisting
- resistive
- restive
- reverse
- revolutionary
- riotous
- sacrilegious
- sanctimonious
- satanic
- savage
- scandalous
- schismatic
- schismatist
- sectary
- seditious
- separatist
- severe
- sinful
- stubborn
- sweeping
- tempestuous
- terrorizing
- thorough
- traitorous
- turbulent
- tyrannous
- ultra
- ultraist
- unaffirmative
- uncivilized
- uncompromising
- unctuous
- uncultivated
- undutiful
- unenthusiastic
- unethical
- unfaithful
- unfavorable
- ungodly
- unhallowed
- unholy
- uninterested
- unorthodox
- unpeaceful
- unregenerate
- unrestrained
- unrighteous
- unruly
- unsanctified
- untamed
- unwilling
- violent
- warlike
- way out
- wayward
- weak
- wicked
- wild
- wrongheaded
Définition of recusant
Origin :- "obstinate in refusal," 1550s, from Latin recusantem (nominative recusans) "refusing to obey," present participle of recusare "make an objection against; decline, refuse, reject; be reluctant to" (see recuse). The noun meaning "one obstinate in refusing" is from 1610s.
- As in lawless : adj reckless, ungoverned
- As in negative : adj bad, contradictory
- As in radical : adj deviating by extremes
- As in contrary : adj antagonistic; opposite
- As in impious : adj not religious
- As in dissident : noun person who holds different belief
- I bethink me—a Papist priest—a recusant—who was for some time an inmate of the hall.
- Extract from : « Rookwood » by William Harrison Ainsworth
- Its object is not the moral education of the recusant individuals.
- Extract from : « Liberalism » by L. T. Hobhouse
- Never before had a recusant daughter braved her to her face.
- Extract from : « Not Like Other Girls » by Rosa N. Carey
- The recusant was one Walter Simpson, the Vulcan of the parish.
- Extract from : « Scotch Wit and Humor » by W. H. (Walter Henry) Howe
- And then he added, "The Council will not find, at all events, that I am recusant."
- Extract from : « Sunrise » by William Black
- He was summoned to the bar of the House as a Popish recusant.
- Extract from : « The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened » by Kenelm Digby
- Then better off than he were savages, who could destroy their recusant idols.
- Extract from : « Idolatry » by Julian Hawthorne
- The recusant States must be whipped back into submission to the autocrats that would direct their affairs.
- Extract from : « Historic Papers on the Causes of the Civil War » by Mrs. Eugenia Dunlap Potts
- The recusant children ranged themselves before the teacher, who seemed to think she had now quenched the rebellion.
- Extract from : « Happy Days for Boys and Girls » by Various
- The disappointed emperor could only complain to the Pope, and the Pope put the recusant psalmodists in prison.
- Extract from : « The Eighteen Christian Centuries » by James White
Antonyms for recusant
- accommodating
- agreeable
- agreeing
- alike
- calm
- concordant
- confident
- conforming
- conservative
- consistent
- correspondent
- equal
- extrinsic
- favorable
- friendly
- good
- governed
- harmonious
- holy
- homogeneous
- kind
- lawful
- legal
- legitimate
- licit
- like
- mild
- moderate
- nonessential
- obedient
- obliging
- peaceful
- pious
- positive
- proper
- religious
- rightful
- same
- similar
- superficial
- valid
- yes-man
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