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Contumely

Contumely Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Contumely? [n] a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Contumely: abuse \| insult \| revilement \| vilification Related Terms \| Find terms related to Contumely: abuse \| affront \| airs \| animadversion \| arrogance \| aspersion \| assailing \| assault \| assurance \| atrocity \| attack \| audacity \| berating \| billingsgate \| bitter words \| blackening \| boldness \| brickbat \| bumptiousness \| calumny \| clannishness \| cliquishness \| contempt \| contemptuousness \| cut \| despite \| diatribe \| disdain \| disdainfulness \| disparagement \| dump \| effrontery \| enormity \| exclusiveness \| execration \| flout \| flouting \| gibe \| hard words \| hardihood \| hauteur \| hubris \| humiliation \| indignity \| injury \| insolence \| insult \| invective \| jawing \| jeer \| jeering \| jeremiad \| mock \| mockery \| obloquy \| obtrusiveness \| offense \| onslaught \| opprobrium \| outrage \| overweening \| overweeningness \| philippic \| presumption \| presumptuousness \| procacity \| pushiness \| put-down \| rating \| reflection \| revilement \| ridicule \| scoff \| scorn \| scornfulness \| screed \| scurrility \| slap \| sniffiness \| snobbishness \| snootiness \| snottiness \| sovereign contempt \| stricture \| superciliousness \| taunt \| tirade \| tongue-lashing \| toploftiness \| uncomplimentary remark \| uppishness \| uppityness \| vilification \| vituperation See Also \| billingsgate \| cut \| discourtesy \| disrespect \| invective \| low blow \| scurrility \| stinger \| vitriol \| vituperation Contumely In Webster's Dictionary \Con"tumely\, n. [L. contumelia, prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. OF. contumelie. Cf. {Contumacy}.] Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace. The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely. --Shak. Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely. --Burke.

Contumely Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Contumely?

[n] a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Contumely: abuse | insult | revilement | vilification

Contumely In Webster's Dictionary

\Con"tu*me*ly\, n. [L. contumelia, prob. akin to
contemnere to despise: cf. OF. contumelie. Cf. {Contumacy}.]
Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful
insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in
act or speech; disgrace.

      The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely.
                                               --Shak.

      Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely.
                                               --Burke.

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