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contumelious (adjective), more contumelious, most contumelious
1. A reference to having an attitude of considering something or someone as worthless or inferior: Sam made a contumelious remark to the police officer when he was stopped for driving too fast in town.
2. Conveying a scornful and insulting behavior: Mrs. Balderson sent James to the principal’s office because of his contumelious treatment of his classmates even though he had already been scolded by his teacher a few times that day.
Pertaining to being rude, contemptuous, and insulting.
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This entry is located in the following units: com-, co-, cog-, col-, con-, cor- (page 6) tum-, tume-, -tumescence (page 1)