Word Meanings - CONTUMELY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

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.

Additional info about word: CONTUMELY

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.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of CONTUMELY)

• Derision
• Scorn
• contempt
• mockery
• irony
• sarcasm
• contumely
• disrespect
• Obloquy
• Censure
• blame
• defamation
• reproach

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of CONTUMELY)

• Laud
• praise
• approve
• commend
• Honor
• regard
• esteem
• venerate
• respect
• applaud
• salute

Related words: (words related to CONTUMELY)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• SARCASM
  A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest. The sarcasms of those critics who imagine our art to be a matter of inspiration. Sir J. Reynolds. Syn. -- Satire;
• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• DISRESPECTABILITY
  Want of respectability. Thackeray.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• ESTEEM
  1. To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. Thou shouldst esteem his censure and authority to be of
• CENSURER
  One who censures. Sha.
• HONORABLENESS
  1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
• CONTUMELY
  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.
• CONTEMPTIBLY
  In a contemptible manner.
• CONTEMPTUOUSLY
  In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully. The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and used contemptuously. Jer. Taylor.
• RESPECTER
  One who respects. A respecter of persons, one who regards or judges with partiality. Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x.
• PRAISER
  1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North.
• ESTEEMABLE
  Worthy of esteem; estimable. "Esteemable qualities." Pope.
• CONTEMPTUOUS
  Manifecting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; haughty; insolent; disdainful. A proud, contemptious behavior. Hammond. Savage invectiveand contemptuous sarcasm. Macaulay. Rome . . . entertained the most contemptuous opinion of the Jews.
• SARCASMOUS
  Sarcastic. "Sarcasmous scandal." Hubidras.
• BLAME
  LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. to speak ill to slander, to blaspheme, fr. evil speaking, perh, for ; injury + a saying, fr. to 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.
• BESCORN
  To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned." Chaucer.
• DISAPPROVE
  1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline
• MISESTEEM
  Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson.
• DISESTEEMER
  One who disesteems. Boyle.
• BY-RESPECT
  Private end or view; by-interest. Dryden.