Definition of contumelious in English:

contumelious

adjective ˌkɒntjʊˈmiːlɪəsˌkɑnt(j)ʊˈmiliəs

archaic

(of behaviour) scornful and insulting; insolent.
Example sentencesExamples
- It wasn't his fault that he liked you more than a compatriot and did a truly contumelious act out of selfish passionate feelings towards you.
- What the law has for a long time required is merely conscious wrongdoing in the sense of volition and in contumelious disregard of another's rights.
- That cannot be considered a deliberate or contumelious delay undertaken by one litigant in an attempt to thwart the rights of an opposing litigant.
Synonyms
disparaging, denigratory, belittling, diminishing, slighting, deprecatory, depreciatory, depreciative, detracting, deflating

Derivatives

contumeliously

adverb

archaic

And the rest laid hands on his servants and, having treated them contumeliously, put them to death.
Example sentencesExamples
- In great wrath he swore to take vengeance on the man who had dared to tear up his complaint so contumeliously.
- Whosoever shall willfully blaspheme the holy name of God, by cursing or contumeliously reproaching God, and whosoever shall profanely curse or damn or swear by the name of God, Jesus Christ, or the Holy Ghost, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French contumelieus, from Latin contumeliosus, from contumelia 'abuse, insult' (see contumely).

Rhymes

Aurelius, Berzelius, Cornelius, Delius

Definition of contumelious in US English:

contumelious

adjectiveˌkänt(y)o͝oˈmēlēəsˌkɑnt(j)ʊˈmiliəs

archaic

(of behavior) scornful and insulting; insolent.
Example sentencesExamples
- It wasn't his fault that he liked you more than a compatriot and did a truly contumelious act out of selfish passionate feelings towards you.
- That cannot be considered a deliberate or contumelious delay undertaken by one litigant in an attempt to thwart the rights of an opposing litigant.
- What the law has for a long time required is merely conscious wrongdoing in the sense of volition and in contumelious disregard of another's rights.
Synonyms
disparaging, denigratory, belittling, diminishing, slighting, deprecatory, depreciatory, depreciative, detracting, deflating

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French contumelieus, from Latin contumeliosus, from contumelia ‘abuse, insult’ (see contumely).

单词	contumelious
释义	Definition of contumelious in English: contumelious adjective ˌkɒntjʊˈmiːlɪəsˌkɑnt(j)ʊˈmiliəs archaic (of behaviour) scornful and insulting; insolent. Example sentencesExamples It wasn't his fault that he liked you more than a compatriot and did a truly contumelious act out of selfish passionate feelings towards you. What the law has for a long time required is merely conscious wrongdoing in the sense of volition and in contumelious disregard of another's rights. That cannot be considered a deliberate or contumelious delay undertaken by one litigant in an attempt to thwart the rights of an opposing litigant. Synonyms disparaging, denigratory, belittling, diminishing, slighting, deprecatory, depreciatory, depreciative, detracting, deflating Derivatives contumeliously adverb archaic And the rest laid hands on his servants and, having treated them contumeliously, put them to death. Example sentencesExamples In great wrath he swore to take vengeance on the man who had dared to tear up his complaint so contumeliously. Whosoever shall willfully blaspheme the holy name of God, by cursing or contumeliously reproaching God, and whosoever shall profanely curse or damn or swear by the name of God, Jesus Christ, or the Holy Ghost, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. Origin Late Middle English: from Old French contumelieus, from Latin contumeliosus, from contumelia 'abuse, insult' (see contumely). Rhymes Aurelius, Berzelius, Cornelius, Delius Definition of contumelious in US English: contumelious adjectiveˌkänt(y)o͝oˈmēlēəsˌkɑnt(j)ʊˈmiliəs archaic (of behavior) scornful and insulting; insolent. Example sentencesExamples It wasn't his fault that he liked you more than a compatriot and did a truly contumelious act out of selfish passionate feelings towards you. That cannot be considered a deliberate or contumelious delay undertaken by one litigant in an attempt to thwart the rights of an opposing litigant. What the law has for a long time required is merely conscious wrongdoing in the sense of volition and in contumelious disregard of another's rights. Synonyms disparaging, denigratory, belittling, diminishing, slighting, deprecatory, depreciatory, depreciative, detracting, deflating Origin Late Middle English: from Old French contumelieus, from Latin contumeliosus, from contumelia ‘abuse, insult’ (see contumely).
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