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What is "contumelious" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does contumelious mean in English? Meaning of contumelious definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "contumelious" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "contumelious": arrogantly insolent

Adjective

  • Meaning: arrogantly insolent
  • Synonyms: contumelious
  • Similar: disrespectful

    • Pronunciation in US: /ˌkɑn.tʊˈmiː.li.əs/, /ˌkɑn.tjuˈmiː.li.əs/

    Pronunciation in UK: /ˌkɒn.tjʊˈmiː.li.əs/

  • Adjective: (archaic, literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; insolent or disdainful. 1879, Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes The pad would not stay on Modestine’s back for half a moment. I returned it to its maker, with whom I had so contumelious a passage that the street outside was crowded from wall to wall with gossips looking on and listening.1879, Robert Louis Stevenson, Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes The pad would not stay on Modestine’s back for half a moment. I returned it to its maker, with whom I had so contumelious a passage that the street outside was crowded from wall to wall with gossips looking on and listening.

    • Synonyms:

    abusive, brash, brazen, cheeky, contemptuous, derisive, disdainful, disrespectful, forward, humiliating, impertinent, impudent, insulting, malapert, opprobrious, pert, pushy, rude, sassy, saucy, scornful, scurrilous,

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    contumelious in English: contumelious
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