Synonyms for contumelious
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Rudely contemptuous — rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude
insolent, disdainful, scornful, abusive, arrogant, insulting, overbearing, defamatory, contemptuous, derisive, scurrilous, supercilious, derisory, calumnious, disrespectful, cavalier, haughty, uppity, overweening, vituperative
Definitions
- adj. 1
Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; exhibiting an insolent or disdainful attitude.
Example sentences
- abusive Sami was abusive to Layla verbally and physically.
- insolent Her insolent remarks to her boss cost her her job.
- disdainful Dan isn't an arrogant and disdainful guy.
- scornful Everybody is fed up with Dan's scornful attitude.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| contumelious | steady | |
| abusive | rising | |
| insolent | steady | |
| disdainful | rising | |
| scornful | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- uppity3
- 7 letters
- abusive3, haughty2
- 8 letters
- arrogant3, cavalier3, insolent3, derisive3, scornful2, derisory
- 9 letters
- insulting3
- 10 letters
- defamatory5, disdainful3, scurrilous3, calumnious
- 11 letters
- overbearing4, overweening
- 12 letters
- contemptuous4, supercilious5, vituperative5
- 13 letters
- disrespectful4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (uppity3 = 3 syllables).