contumelious

con·tu·me·li·ous

adj
\ˌkän-tü-ˈmē-lē-əs, -tyü-ˈ, -chə-ˈ\

Definition of CONTUMELIOUS

: insolently abusive and humiliating

— con·tu·me·li·ous·ly adverb

Examples of CONTUMELIOUS

1. <a well-reasoned thesis that merited more than just a scornful, contumelious response>

First Known Use of CONTUMELIOUS

15th century

Related to CONTUMELIOUS

Synonyms: abusive, invective, opprobrious, scurrile (or scurril), scurrilous, truculent, vitriolic, vituperative, vituperatory

Related Words: affronting, insulting, offending, offensive, outrageous, outraging; coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, foulmouthed, gross, indecent, nasty, obscene, potty-mouthed, vulgar; contemptuous, disdainful, scornful; defamatory, libelous (or libellous), scandalous, slanderous; maligning, traducing, vilifying; hateful, malevolent, malicious, spiteful; immoderate, intemperate, unbridled, unrestrained

Near Antonyms: moderate, temperate; deferential, respectful; civil, courteous, gracious, mannerly, polite; discreet, judicious, tempered; encomiastic, laudative, laudatory, praiseful

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