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Thesaurus: contumelious

Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.

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  1. a. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.
  2. a. Shameful; disgraceful.
  3. adj. arrogantly insolent
  4. 1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful. Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. Shak. Curving a contumelious lip. Tennyson. 2. Shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.] Dr. H. More. -- Con`tu*me"li*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*me"li*ous*ness, n.
  5. s. arrogantly insolent