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contumely

[kon-too-muh-lee, -tyoo-, kuhn-too-muh-lee, -tyoo-, kon-tuhm-lee, -tyoom, -chuhm] / ˈkɒn tʊ mə li, -tjʊ-, kənˈtu mə li, -ˈtju-, ˈkɒn təm li, -tjum, -tʃəm /


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He prints plenty of contumely — mostly snobbish disapproval from Eastern visitors — about his hometown.

From New York Times ● Nov. 26, 2018

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

Dare you look the world's unjust contumelies stedfastly in the face?

From Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft

Wherefore take him for thy patron: 10 and patiently suffer the contumelies which the infidels utter against thee; and depart from them with a decent departure.

From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by George Sale

—Others there are, Whom envy to the state draws and pulls on, For contumelies received; and such are sure ones.

From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Sir Walter Scott

Gwenwyn will forget the contumelies of Raymond, and raise his daughter to high honour among the daughters of the Cymry.

From The Betrothed by Sir Walter Scott

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 William Henry Seward


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