contumely

Meaning of contumely

noun

Offensive and abusive language or behaviour; scorn, insult.

Information about contumely

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of contumely is: contumelies.
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Hyphenation of contumely

con-tu-mely

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
  • contumely is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

contumely synonyms

Meaning abuse:

abuse, insult, revilement, vilification

Words that rhyme with contumely

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