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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.

 

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