VVith ſcoffes and ſcornes, and contumelious taunts, / In open Market-place produc't they me, / To be a publique ſpectacle to all: / Here, ſayd they, is the Terror of the French, / The Scar-Crovv that affrights our Children ſo.
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Contumelious
//ˌkɑn.tʊˈmiː.li.əs//
Synonyms for "contumelious" (121 found)
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2 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 9 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- оскърбителен adj (rudely contemptuous; showing contumely)
Catalan
1 entries- contumeliós adj (rudely contemptuous; showing contumely)
French
4 entries- contempteur adj (rudely contemptuous; showing contumely)
- dédaigneux adj (rudely contemptuous; showing contumely)
- insolent adj (rudely contemptuous; showing contumely)
- irrespectueux adj (rudely contemptuous; showing contumely)
Irish
1 entries- borb adj (rudely contemptuous; showing contumely)
Italian
1 entries- sprezzante adj (rudely contemptuous; showing contumely)
Polish
1 entries- obelżywy adj (rudely contemptuous; showing contumely)
Russian
2 entries- де́рзкий adj (rudely contemptuous; showing contumely)
- оскорби́тельный adj (rudely contemptuous; showing contumely)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- bezobrazan adj (rudely contemptuous; showing contumely)
Spanish
3 entries- contencioso adj (rudely contemptuous; showing contumely)
- desdeñoso adj (rudely contemptuous; showing contumely)
- despreciativo adj (rudely contemptuous; showing contumely)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
To sin against his law, is an high affront to his majesty; but to sin against his love and benefits is more contumelious to him.
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Such, and more contumelious, was the language of opposition in parliament, and of the pretended patriots in their private meetings, during the whole administration of sir Robert Walpole, who understood and pursued the true interests of his country, but, perhaps, without sufficiently attending to its honour.
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The pad would not stay on Modestine’s back for half a moment. I returned it to its maker, with whom I had so contumelious a passage that the street outside was crowded from wall to wall with gossips looking on and listening.
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