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contumely

noun as in insulting contempt

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There’s a big difference between despised love and disprized love, and between a proud man’s contumely and a poor man’s contumely.

You can open to nearly any page of this book and find potent anti-Mitch contumely.

Each day, Bull poured torrents of contumely on his morning paper.

Christie managed to be almost cuddly while dispatching this contumely.

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

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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