Contumely
['kɒntjuːmɪlɪ;-tjuːmlɪ]
Definition
(n.) Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Obloquy, reproach, opprobrium, abuse, contemptuousness, insolence, rudeness, blackguardism, superciliousness, arrogance, scorn, contempt, disdain.
Editor: Michel
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Contemptuousness, scornfulness, arrogance, disrespect, obloquy
ANT:Respect, regard, obligingness, accommodation, considerateness, flattery,adulation, obsequiousness, fawning
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Definition
n. rudeness: insolence: reproach.—adj. Contumē′lious haughtily reproachful: insolent.—adv. Contumē′liously.—n. Contumē′liousness.
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Examples
- Why do you not hate Felix, who drove his friend from his door with contumely? Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- Osborne used to call the other the old pauper, the old coal-man, the old bankrupt, and by many other such names of brutal contumely. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
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