Meaning & use
Contumelious
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Scornfully or arrogantly insulting; expressing harsh, insolent contempt.
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The judge condemned the witness's contumelious remarks toward the court.
His contumelious tone alienated even his closest allies.
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"Contumelious" is the adjective form of "contumely," a somewhat literary noun for insulting language or treatment.
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