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contumelious

/kon-too-muh-lee, -tyoo-; kuhn-too-muh-lee, -tyoo-; kon-tuhm-lee, -tyoom, -chuhm/US // ˈkɒn tʊ mə li, -tyʊ-; kənˈtu mə li, -ˈtyu-; ˈkɒn təm li, -tyum, -tʃəm //UK // (ˈkɒntjʊmɪlɪ) //

传染性,有传染性,具有传染性,有传染性的

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural con·tu·me·lies.

    • : insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.
    • : a humiliating insult.

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Examples

  • You know how you feel at the iron gripe of ruthless oppression: you know how you bear the galling sneer of contumelious greatness.

  • Thither Mrs. Lathom's housewife eyes were led, and she drew it aside with a contumelious finger.

  • A thirst for vengeance, after all they had endured at the hands of the contumelious foe, carried them away.

  • Thou art very contumelious, and deservest to be rolled in the kennel.

  • Usage the most contumelious she had hitherto borne with silent indignation.