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Adjective
/ˌkänt(y)əˈmēlēəs/,
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(of behavior) Scornful and insulting; insolent,
  1. (of behavior) Scornful and insulting; insolent

  1. arrogantly insolent
  2. (contumeliously) contemptuously: without respect; in a disdainful manner; "she spoke of him contemptuously"
  3. (contumeliousness) The state or quality of being contumelious
  4. (a): insolent, full of contumely. FS (3-2H6, 1H6, Timon); (anon.) Ironside; Harvey Pierce's Super.
  5. con·tu·me·ly (kňnątˇ-me-lę, -tyˇ-, -tem-lę) noun plural con·tu·me·lies 1. Rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance; insolence. 2. An insolent or arrogant remark or act. [Middle English contumelie, from Old French, from Latin contumęlia; akin to contumâx, insolent.] . ...
  6. insolently abusive and humiliating.
  7. Degrading or insulting