For who would beare the Whips and Scornes of time, / The Oppressors wrong, the poore mans Contumely, [...]
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Contumely
//ˈkɒnt͡ʃuːməli//
Synonyms for "contumely" (104 found)
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Related words (52)
jeerjeeringjeremiadmockmockeryobloquyobtrusivenessoffenseonslaughtopprobriumoutrageoverweeningoverweeningnesspatronagephilippicpresumptionpresumptuousnessprocacitypushinessput down
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put-downratingreflectionrevilementridiculesarcasmscoffscornscornfulnessscreedscurrilityslapslap in the facesniffinesssnobbishnesssnootinesssnottinesssovereign contemptstricturesuperciliousnesstaunttiradetongue lashingtongue-lashingtoploftinessuncomplimentary remarkuppishnessuppitynessvilificationvituperation
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26 translations across 13 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- անարգանք noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
Bulgarian
2 entries- оби́да noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
- оскърбле́ние noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 侮辱 noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
- 傲慢 noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
- 无礼 noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
Dutch
4 entries- belediging noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
- grove taal noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
- hoon noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
- spot noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
Faroese
2 entries- frekleiki noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
- háðan noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
Irish
1 entries- tarcaisne noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
Italian
1 entries- contumelia noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
Old English
1 entries- edwit noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
Polish
2 entries- obelga noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
- zniewaga noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
Portuguese
3 entries- contumélia noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
- insolência noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
- insulto noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
Russian
2 entries- де́рзость noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
- оскорбле́ние noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
Spanish
3 entries- contumelia noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
- injuria noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
- ofensa noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
Ukrainian
1 entries- обра́за noun (offensive and abusive language or behaviour)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Think of the insults, wrongs, and contumelies, / Ye bear from your proud lords—that your hard toil / Manures their fertile fields—you plow the earth, / You sow the corn, you reap the ripen'd harvest,— / They riot on the produce!— [...]
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She had been subjected to contumely and cross-questoning and ill-usage through the whole evening.
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Every one who has ever tried to set the affairs of his neighbors straight for them must be aware that those who pursue this course lay themselves open not only to ingratitude, but to positive contumely.
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