CONTUMELIOUS

contumelious. Contumelious, a. reproachful, abusive, rude

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Con′tu‐me″li‐ous (? or ?; 106), a. [[L. contumeliosus.]] 1. 1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.
Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. Shak. Curving a contumelious lip. Tennyson. 2. 2. Shameful; disgraceful. Dr. H. More.
— Con′tu‐me″li‐ous‐ly, adv. — Con′tu‐me″li‐ous‐ness, n.