contumelious

adjective

ˌkän-tü-ˈmē-lē-əs How to pronounce contumelious (audio)
Definition of contumeliousnext
as in abusive
marked by harsh insulting language a well-reasoned thesis that merited more than just a scornful, contumelious response

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contumelious
  1. abusive
  2. insulting
  3. outrageous
  4. obscene
Adjective
  • These two issues have led to forum-shopping by the litigants who have brought abusive litigation to try to stay away from state Anti-SLAPP laws.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • Yet other experts say that blanket message may miss the world where many people live, facing life in a high-crime neighborhood or worried about an abusive former partner.
    John Diedrich, Journal Sentinel, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of abusive
Adjective
  • Arizona State football fans slam 'truly insulting' College Football Playoff graphic Winter swoon: December has not been kind to Phoenix Suns in recent years The vehicle backed out of the driveway and into the road.
    Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The dawning of his second term has invoked jubilation from those who welcome Trump back to the Oval Office and fear from those alarmed by his insulting rhetoric about political opponents, the media, migrants and others.
    Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of insulting
Adjective
  • Hechinger plays the outrageous Emperor Caracalla, who rules Rome alongside his twin, Emperor Geta (Joseph Quinn).
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The default punished Jones for failing to comply with court orders to disclose business records and found in favor of the families on the central point of their suit — that Jones’ hoax broadcasts were outrageous lies and were responsible for a decade of harassment and anguish.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of outrageous
Adjective
  • Blink Twice nods at a tangle of different contemporary ailments: lifestyle fetishism, wellness hedonism, our obscene fealty to stolid tech bros and their untrammeled wealth.
    Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Many are short baby names—partly because Australia prohibits long names, obscene words, and names with symbols or too many hyphens.1 Here are some of our favorite boys' names from the land down under.
    Sherri Gordon, Parents, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of obscene
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