Definitions for: Contumelious


[adj] arrogantly insolent



Webster (1913) Definition: Con`tu*me"li*ous (?or ?; 106), a. [L.
contumeliosus.]
1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent;
disdainful.

Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. --Shak.

Curving a contumelious lip. --Tennyson.

2. Shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.] --Dr. H. More. --
Con`tu*me"li*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*me"li*ous*ness, n.

Synonyms: disrespectful

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