contumely[noun]Synonyms: abuse, billingsgate, invective, obloquy, scurrility, vituperation, affront, despite, indignity, insult, slap
Related Idioms: hard (
or bitter) words
Related Words: animadversion,
aspersion,
reflection,
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contumely noun.
['kɒntju:mɪli, -tju:mli] LME.[Old French contumelie from Latin contumelia, perh. formed as CON- + tumere swell.]1. (An instance of) contemptuously insulting language or treatment, scornful and humiliating rudeness.
LME.■ R. Graves The Rhodians, seeing him deprived of..his magisterial powers..began to treat him..with contumely.2. Disgrace, ignominy.
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