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Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace. The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely. Shak. Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely.
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Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace. The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely. Shak. Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely. Burke.
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- COMMENDATOR
One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers. - SARCASM
A keen, reproachful expression; a satirical remark uttered with some degree of scorn or contempt; a taunt; a gibe; a cutting jest. The sarcasms of those critics who imagine our art to be a matter of inspiration. Sir J. Reynolds. Syn. -- Satire; - REPROACHER
One who reproaches. - APPROVEDLY
So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner. - DISRESPECTABILITY
Want of respectability. Thackeray. - COMMENDER
One who commends or praises. - HONORABLE
1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an - PRAISEWORTHINESS
The quality or state of being praiseworthy. - ESTEEM
1. To set a value on; to appreciate the worth of; to estimate; to value; to reckon. Then he forsook God, which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation. Deut. xxxii. 15. Thou shouldst esteem his censure and authority to be of - CENSURER
One who censures. Sha. - HONORABLENESS
1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness. - CONTUMELY
Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace. The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely. Shak. Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely. - CONTEMPTIBLY
In a contemptible manner. - CONTEMPTUOUSLY
In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully. The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and used contemptuously. Jer. Taylor. - RESPECTER
One who respects. A respecter of persons, one who regards or judges with partiality. Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons. Acts x. - PRAISER
1. One who praises. "Praisers of men." Sir P. Sidney. 2. An appraiser; a valuator. Sir T. North. - ESTEEMABLE
Worthy of esteem; estimable. "Esteemable qualities." Pope. - CONTEMPTUOUS
Manifecting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; haughty; insolent; disdainful. A proud, contemptious behavior. Hammond. Savage invectiveand contemptuous sarcasm. Macaulay. Rome . . . entertained the most contemptuous opinion of the Jews. - SARCASMOUS
Sarcastic. "Sarcasmous scandal." Hubidras. - BLAME
LL. also to blame, fr. Gr. to speak ill to slander, to blaspheme, fr. evil speaking, perh, for ; injury + a saying, fr. to 1. To censure; to express disapprobation of; to find fault with; to reproach. We have none to blame but ourselves. - DISREGARDFULLY
Negligently; heedlessly. - APPRAISER
One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates. - BESCORN
To treat with scorn. "Then was he bescorned." Chaucer. - DISAPPROVE
1. To pass unfavorable judgment upon; to condemn by an act of the judgment; to regard as wrong, unsuitable, or inexpedient; to censure; as, to disapprove the conduct of others. 2. To refuse official approbation to; to disallow; to decline - MISESTEEM
Want of esteem; disrespect. Johnson. - DISESTEEMER
One who disesteems. Boyle. - BY-RESPECT
Private end or view; by-interest. Dryden.