Contumelious

Word CONTUMELIOUS
Character 12
Hyphenation con tu me li ous
Pronunciations /ˌkɒn.tjʊˈmiː.li.əs/

Definitions and meanings of "Contumelious"

What do we mean by contumelious?

Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude.

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The word "contumelious" in example sentences

Every kind of contumelious reproach is heaped on the heads of the working men who dare to replace him when he strikes; and he does not scruple to use under such conditions weapons more convincing than the most opprobrious epithets. ❋ Herbert David Croly (1899)

Joel Connelly, the contumelious liberal columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, writes today: "Sexism's alive and well on the right". ❋ Unknown (2007)

In the first scene, Madoc discovers an English plot to exhume his father's bones and discard them "In some unhallowed pit, with foul disgrace/And contumelious wrong" (Southey, Madoc 128). ❋ Unknown (2006)

Joel Connelly, the P-I's contumelious liberal columnist, is troubled by Astroturf PACs which "hide the identities of people" paying for political campaigns. ❋ Unknown (2006)

When thou sufferest all this transport and sickness and trouble being enamoured of one who returneth thy passion, how would it be with thee if she whom thou lovest were contrary and contumelious, and thy case were discovered through her perfidy? ❋ Unknown (2006)

Naturally, there are other sides to these issues, but you'll learn more from reading the BIAW's own analysis than you would from listening to the ignorant fulminations of Joni Balter and that other lazy contumelious liberal columnist. ❋ Unknown (2006)

For my part, I confess my contumelious self-confidence and insolence to man, as well as blasphemy to Heaven. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Meanwhile, Joel Connelly, the contumelious liberal columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer is crying foul because the two highly qualified and judicially restrained challengers, Stephen Johnson and John Groen, are receiving campaign contributions from folks whom Connelly doesn't approve of: "Outside interests influencing court races". ❋ Unknown (2006)

But I will urge these cavilling and contumelious arguments no farther, lest some physician should mistake me, and deny me physic when I am sick: for my part, I am well persuaded of physic: I can distinguish the abuse from the use, in this and many other arts and sciences: ❋ Unknown (2007)

Impunity maketh insolence; insolence, hatred; and hatred, an endeavour to pull down all oppressing and contumelious greatness, though with the ruin of the Commonwealth. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The idea of students "evaluating" their professors breeds disrespect, and is insulting, patronizing and leads to degeneration and contumelious behavior by students. ❋ Unknown (2007)

So he gave them a queer account of Mr. Foker, and how he used to be called Vats and Grains, and by other contumelious names at school: and how he was now exceedingly rich, and a Fellow Commoner at St. Boniface. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Nay more, when a human lady upraised the contumelious whip against the very dame who had been so cruelly misusing him, my little great-heart gave but one hoarse cry and fell upon the tyrant tooth and nail. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Struck down with the disease called “Little Irons,” he thought he was being torn limb from limb by devils, giants, and lion-headed demons, and he made both in his delirium and after his recovery all kinds of wild charges against Burton, and interlarded his speech with contumelious taunts — his chief grievance being ❋ Unknown (2003)

So true is it that men are usually more stung and galled by reproachful words than hostile actions; and they bear an affront with less patience than an injury: to do harm and mischief by deeds is counted pardonable from enemies, as nothing less can be expected in a state of war whereas virulent and contumelious words appear to be the expression of needless hatred, and to proceed from an excess of rancor. ❋ Plutarch (2003)

He never gave contumelious language in his anger, nor inflicted punishment with reproach. ❋ Plutarch (2003)

It is commonly said that public bodies are most insulting and contumelious to a good man, when they are puffed up with prosperity and success. ❋ Plutarch (2003)

Sylla; contenting themselves, however, with breaking their rods, and tearing off their purple-edged robes, after much contumelious usage they sent them back, to the sad dejection of the citizens, who beheld their magistrates despoiled of their badges of office, and announcing to them, that things were now manifestly come to a rupture past all cure. ❋ Plutarch (2003)

Item, who so speaketh any opprobrious or contumelious wordes in reuiling or cursing one another, for so oftentimes as he hath reuiled, shall pay so many ounces of siluer. ❋ Unknown (2003)

To these contumelious rebukes, when the master of the Temple answered againe for him and his fellowes, bidding him display his ensigne when he would, and where he durst, they were as ready to follow him, as he to goe before them. ❋ Unknown (2003)

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