contumelious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude.

/ˌkɒn.tjʊˈmiː.li.əs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-contumelious.wav /ˌkɑn.tʊˈmiː.li.əs/ /ˌkɑn.tjuˈmiː.li.əs/

contumelious more contumelious most contumelious

From Old French contumelieus, from Latin contumēliōsus (“insulting; abusive”), from contumēlia (“affront, abuse, insult”).

disdainful insolent

contumeliousness contumeliously contumely

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