contumely
noun
insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.
contumelies
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pluralof contumely.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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—Others there are, Whom envy to the state draws and pulls on, For contumelies received; and such are sure ones.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 04 by Sir Walter Scott
Notorious are the contumelies put upon the cases of grievance presented from the people in the House of Commons.
From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by George Jacob Holyoake
Wherefore take him for thy patron: 10 and patiently suffer the contumelies which the infidels utter against thee; and depart from them with a decent departure.
From The Koran (Al-Qur'an) by George Sale
Gwenwyn will forget the contumelies of Raymond, and raise his daughter to high honour among the daughters of the Cymry.
From The Betrothed by Sir Walter Scott
So faithfully preserves thou each small favor, And hast no memory for contumelies?
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Kuno Francke
