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Contumelious

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con·tu·me·ly  (knt-m-l, -ty-, -tm-l)
n. pl. con·tu·me·lies
1. Rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance; insolence.
2. An insolent or arrogant remark or act.
[Middle English contumelie, from Old French, from Latin contumlia; akin to contumx, insolent.]
contu·meli·ous (knt-ml-s) adj.
contu·meli·ous·ly adv.
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Adj.1.contumelious - arrogantly insolent
disrespectful - exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher"


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Van Schuylight Suffolk-Jones--came out to his waiting motor-car, wrinkling a contumelious nostril, as usual, at the Italian renaissance sculpture of the soap palace's front elevation.
The Four Million by Henry, O. View in context
Too often she betrayed this, by the undue vent she gave to a spiteful antipathy she had conceived against little Adele: pushing her away with some contumelious epithet if she happened to approach her; sometimes ordering her from the room, and always treating her with coldness and acrimony.
Jane Eyre by Bronte, Charlotte View in context
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