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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -contume-, *contume*
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
contumely(n) การสบประมาท, See also: การดูหมิ่น, การเหยียดหยาม, Syn. abuse, insult, revilement

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
contumely(คอน'ทุมะลี) n. การดูหมิ่น, ความหยิ่งยะโสที่เป็นการดูหมิ่น, การสบประมาท., See also: contumelious adj., Syn. insolence

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
contumely
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contumelious
contumeliously

WordNet (3.0)
contumelious(adj) arrogantly insolent

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Contumelious

a. [ L. contumeliosus. ] 1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful. [ 1913 Webster ]

Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Curving a contumelious lip. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Shameful; disgraceful. [ Obs. ] Dr. H. More.

-- Con`tu*me"li*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*me"li*ous*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Contumely

n. [ L. contumelia, prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. OF. contumelie. Cf. Contumacy. ] Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace. [ 1913 Webster ]

The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

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