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Definition of contumelious : insolently abusive and humiliating

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Other Words from contumelious contumeliously adverb

Examples of contumelious in a Sentence a well-reasoned thesis that merited more than just a scornful, contumelious response

First Known Use of contumelious 15th century, in the meaning defined above

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