contumely
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Christie managed to be almost cuddly while dispatching this contumely.
From New York Times ● Jan. 28, 2019
The choice brought more contumely from fans, who had never heard of him, or feared another Andrea Bargnani, a fragile product of European ball.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 3, 2016
The white-haired “out” socialist delivered, heaping contumely on the billionaires and hedge fund managers in a Brooklyn baritone accent that, if you shut your eyes, sounded like Larry David.
From Newsweek ● Apr. 8, 2015
But neither of these films can compete in contumely with the scorn heaped on Movie 43 by the Chicago Sun-Times’ Richard Roeper.
From Time ● Jan. 27, 2013
Each day, Bull poured torrents of contumely on his morning paper.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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Yet such a war, under such circumstances, was denounced as unnecessary and unjust, though for no better reason than because greater contumelies had been endured at the hands of France.
From Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States by Seward, William Henry
Dare you look the world's unjust contumelies stedfastly in the face?
From Anna St. Ives by Holcroft, Thomas
So faithfully preserves thou each small favor, And hast no memory for contumelies?
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno
Clergy, nobility, court, magistracy, all abuses, all falsehoods, all contumelies, every injustice of a monarchy, are personified, in spite of Louis XVI., in the king.
From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.
One of the same era or period; a contemporary. condign Deserved; adequate. contemned Viewed with contempt; despised. contumelies Rudeness or contempt arising from arrogance.
From Life and Public Services of John Quincy Adams Sixth President of the Unied States by Seward, William Henry
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The Scarlet Letter
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