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contumely n. 無禮,傲慢,侮辱 無禮,傲慢,侮辱 contumely n 1: a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; " when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; " they yelled insults at the visiting team" [ synonym: { abuse}, { insult}, { revilement}, { contumely}, { vilification}] Contumely \ Con" tu* me* ly\, n. [ L. contumelia, prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. OF. contumelie. Cf. { Contumacy}.] Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace. [ 1913 Webster] The oppressor' s wrong, the proud man' s contumely. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely. -- Burke. [ 1913 Webster] 94 Moby Thesaurus words for " contumely": abuse, affront, airs, animadversion, arrogance, aspersion, assailing, assault, assurance, atrocity, attack, audacity, berating, billingsgate, bitter words, blackening, boldness, brickbat, bumptiousness, calumny, clannishness, cliquishness, contempt, contemptuousness, cut, despite, diatribe, disdain, disdainfulness, disparagement, dump, effrontery, enormity, exclusiveness, execration, flout, flouting, gibe, hard words, hardihood, hauteur, hubris, humiliation, indignity, injury, insolence, insult, invective, jawing, jeer, jeering, jeremiad, mock, mockery, obloquy, obtrusiveness, offense, onslaught, opprobrium, outrage, overweening, overweeningness, philippic, presumption, presumptuousness, procacity, pushiness, put- down, rating, reflection, revilement, ridicule, scoff, scorn, scornfulness, screed, scurrility, slap, sniffiness, snobbishness, snootiness, snottiness, sovereign contempt, stricture, superciliousness, taunt, tirade, tongue- lashing, toploftiness, uncomplimentary remark, uppishness, uppityness, vilification, vituperation
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