English-Thai Dictionary
contumely
N การ สบประมาท การ ดูหมิ่น การเหยียดหยาม abuse insult revilement kan-sob-pra-mad
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CONTUMELY
n.[L., to swell. ] Rudeness or reproach compounded of haughtiness and contempt; contemptuousness; insolence; contemptuous language. The oppressors wrong; the proud man's contumely.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CONTUMELY
Con "tu *me *ly, n. Etym: [L. contumelia, prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. OF. contumelie. Cf. Contumacy. ]
Defn: Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace. The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely. Shak. Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely. Burke.
New American Oxford Dictionary
contumely
con tu me ly |kənˈt (y )o͞oməlē, ˈkänt (y )əˌmēlē, ˈkänˌt (y )o͞omlē ˈkɑntjʊməli | ▶noun ( pl. contumelies ) insolent or insulting language or treatment: the church should not be exposed to gossip and contumely. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French contumelie, from Latin contumelia, perhaps from con- ‘with ’ + tumere ‘to swell. ’
Oxford Dictionary
contumely
contumely |ˈkɒntjuːmɪli, -tjuːmli | ▶noun ( pl. contumelies ) [ mass noun ] archaic insolent or insulting language or treatment: the Church should not be exposed to gossip and contumely. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French contumelie, from Latin contumelia, perhaps from con- ‘with ’ + tumere ‘to swell ’.
Oxford Thesaurus
contumely
contumely noun archaic abuse, insults, slurs, aspersions, derision, invective, slander, defamation, denigration, disparagement, opprobrium, obloquy, vituperation, vilification; insolence, rudeness, impertinence, discourtesy; informal mud-slinging, bad-mouthing, bitchiness; archaic malapertness, billingsgate. ANTONYMS compliments, flattery.
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