What is another word for contumelious?
1177 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kɒntjuːmˈɛlɪəs], [ kɒntjuːmˈɛlɪəs], [ k_ɒ_n_t_j_uː_m_ˈɛ_l_ɪ__ə_s]
Contumelious refers to behavior that is insulting, disrespectful, and contemptuous. Synonyms for this word include insolent, rude, offensive, derisive, discourteous, and disrespectful. These words all carry a similar negative connotation and are used to describe behavior that is rude and disrespectful towards others. Other synonyms for contumelious include abusive, scornful, reproachful, impertinent, and overbearing. These words are often used to describe behavior that is meant to belittle or put others down, and are not considered acceptable in most social situations. It is important to be respectful and considerate in all social situations, and to use language that is appropriate and polite.
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Similar words for contumelious:
- contemptuous (adjective)
- discourteous (adjective)
- insolent (adjective)
- abusive (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- brazen (adjective)
- defamatory (adjective)
- derogatory (adjective)
- impertinent (adjective)
- impudent (adjective)
- outrageous (adjective)
- presumptuous (adjective)
- sarcastic (adjective)
- scurrilous (adjective)
- smart-alecky (adjective)
- truculent (adjective)
Synonyms for Contumelious:
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adj.
• contemptuous- cold-shoulder ,
- coldshoulder ,
- dog it ,
- hardnosed ,
- hard-nosed ,
- high hat ,
- on high horse ,
- snootiest ,
- temperamental .
- more calumniating ,
- more castigating ,
- more invective ,
- more maligning ,
- more obloquious ,
- more reproachful ,
- more reviling ,
- more scolding ,
- more traducing ,
- more upbraiding ,
- more vilifying ,
- most calumniating ,
- most castigating ,
- most invective ,
- most maligning ,
- most obloquious ,
- most reproachful ,
- most reviling ,
- most scolding ,
- most traducing ,
- most upbraiding ,
- most vilifying ,
- sharp tongued ,
- sharptongued ,
- up braiding ,
- up-braiding .
- flippest ,
- in decent ,
- in-decent ,
- indecent ,
- more hotshot ,
- more overbold ,
- more smart ass ,
- more smart-ass ,
- more smartass ,
- most hotshot ,
- most overbold ,
- most smart ass ,
- most smart-ass ,
- most smartass ,
- over bold ,
- over-bold ,
- shameless ,
- tawdry ,
- un abashed ,
- un blushing ,
- un-abashed ,
- un-blushing .
- de crying ,
- de grading ,
- de meaning ,
- de precatory ,
- de rogatory ,
- de spiteful ,
- de-crying ,
- de-grading ,
- de-meaning ,
- de-precatory ,
- de-rogatory ,
- de-spiteful ,
- dis honoring ,
- dis-honoring ,
- fault finding ,
- more aspersing ,
- more belittling ,
- more decrying ,
- more demeaning ,
- more dishonoring ,
- more minimizing ,
- most aspersing ,
- most belittling ,
- most decrying ,
- most demeaning ,
- most dishonoring ,
- most minimizing ,
- un favorable ,
- un flattering ,
- un-favorable ,
- un-flattering .
- dis gracious ,
- dis-gracious ,
- in appropriate ,
- in congruous ,
- in-appropriate ,
- in-congruous ,
- interfering ,
- intrusive ,
- lippier ,
- lippiest ,
- meddlesome ,
- more disgracious ,
- more meddling ,
- more procacious ,
- most disgracious ,
- most meddling ,
- most procacious ,
- off base ,
- out line ,
- un suitable ,
- un-suitable ,
- uncalled for ,
- uncalledfor ,
- unsuitable .
- beastlier ,
- beastliest ,
- de generate ,
- de-generate ,
- dis graceful ,
- dis-graceful ,
- in famous ,
- in human ,
- in-human ,
- more debauching ,
- more depraving ,
- most debauching ,
- most depraving ,
- un bearable ,
- un godlier ,
- un godliest ,
- un godly ,
- un speakable ,
- un-bearable ,
- un-godlier ,
- un-godliest ,
- un-godly ,
- un-speakable .
- more overfamiliar ,
- most overfamiliar ,
- over confident ,
- over familiar ,
- over weening ,
- over-familiar ,
- over-weening ,
- pre sumptuous ,
- pre-sumptuous ,
- self assertive ,
- self assured ,
- self satisfied ,
- self-assertive ,
- selfassertive ,
- selfassured ,
- selfsatisfied .
Other synonyms:
- Snippety ,
- boldfaced ,
- cheeky ,
- opprobrious ,
- pushy ,
- sassy ,
- smart-alecky .
- wise .
- Malapert ,
- Presuming ,
- assuming ,
- assumptive ,
- brassy ,
- impertinent ,
- impudent ,
- nervy ,
- overconfident ,
- presumptuous ,
- rude ,
- saucy ,
- scornful ,
- scurrilous ,
- snippy ,
- uppish ,
- uppity ,
- vituperative .
- Familiar .
- fresh .
Other relevant words:
- 1000 ,
- abhorrent ,
- abominable ,
- abrasive ,
- abrupt ,
- abruptly ,
- absurd ,
- ace ,
- acerb ,
- acetify ,
- ache ,
- acidify ,
- acidity ,
- acidulate ,
- acidulent ,
- acuate ,
- acute ,
- acutely ,
- adept ,
- admonishing ,
- admonitory ,
- advancing ,
- afoul ,
- aggress ,
- ahead ,
- all right ,
- alternate ,
- altogether ,
- annihilating ,
- annihilative ,
- aplomb ,
- approach ,
- arch ,
- assail ,
- assault ,
- assertive ,
- assuredness ,
- astringent ,
- astute ,
- atrophy ,
- attempt ,
- august ,
- austere ,
- authoritarian ,
- autocratic ,
- awful ,
- awless ,
- back breaker ,
- back up ,
- backhand shot ,
- backhand stroke ,
- bad-tempered ,
- badmouth ,
- barbed ,
- bare-ass ,
- bare-assed ,
- barefaced ,
- battery-acid ,
- bawdy ,
- beaver ,
- befoul ,
- begrime ,
- bemire ,
- big ,
- bigheaded ,
- birthday suit ,
- bitingly ,
- bitterly ,
- bitterness ,
- black ,
- blast ,
- bleak ,
- blistering ,
- blue ,
- bluff ,
- bold face ,
- boldface ,
- bossy ,
- bounderish ,
- bracing ,
- brasslike ,
- brave ,
- brazen-faced ,
- bright ,
- brisk ,
- brusk ,
- brusque ,
- bumbling ,
- bungling ,
- busy ,
- busybodied ,
- butterfingered ,
- carving ,
- cattie ,
- cattish ,
- ceremonious ,
- champion ,
- cheap ,
- cheapjack ,
- cheating ,
- chesty ,
- chevalier ,
- chic ,
- chiding ,
- chiliad ,
- chill ,
- choke ,
- choke off ,
- choleric ,
- clean ,
- clear-cut ,
- clipping ,
- clog ,
- clog up ,
- cloud ,
- clubby ,
- coarse ,
- cockeyed ,
- cocksure ,
- cold-blooded ,
- coldness ,
- colly ,
- common cold ,
- condemning ,
- congest ,
- contaminate ,
- contaminating ,
- contamination ,
- contrary ,
- cool down ,
- cool off ,
- coolheaded ,
- corrosive ,
- corrupt ,
- corrupting ,
- crabby ,
- cranky ,
- crisp ,
- cross ,
- cruddy ,
- crude ,
- curt ,
- curtly ,
- cut ,
- cutting off ,
- dangerous ,
- daring ,
- dark ,
- dauntless ,
- dead ,
- deadly ,
- debase ,
- debasing ,
- debauch ,
- decisive ,
- defile ,
- deluxe ,
- demeaning ,
- demoralise ,
- demoralize ,
- denigration ,
- denigrative ,
- denigratory ,
- denunciative ,
- deprave ,
- depraved ,
- deprecating ,
- depreciating ,
- depressed ,
- desecrate ,
- despicable ,
- despiteful ,
- despotic ,
- detestable ,
- devastating ,
- dingy ,
- disconsolate ,
- discriminating ,
- disgustful ,
- disgusting ,
- dislogistic ,
- dismal ,
- dispirited ,
- distasteful ,
- distinct ,
- distinguished ,
- dominating ,
- dose ,
- dot ,
- dour ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- downcast ,
- downhearted ,
- drab ,
- drag through the mud ,
- dreadful ,
- drear ,
- dreary ,
- dress hat ,
- dry ,
- dusty ,
- dyslogistic ,
- edged ,
- edgy ,
- elevated ,
- eminent ,
- erosive ,
- erratic ,
- evil ,
- exalted ,
- excessive ,
- exorbitant ,
- expansive ,
- extortionate ,
- extraneous ,
- extravagant ,
- exuberant ,
- exultant ,
- exulting ,
- false ,
- fantastic ,
- faultfinder ,
- faultfinding ,
- fearless ,
- feisty ,
- ferment ,
- fetid ,
- film editing ,
- filthy ,
- fin ,
- fine ,
- fire ,
- flack ,
- flagitious ,
- flak ,
- flash ,
- flashy ,
- flick ,
- flip out ,
- flip over ,
- flip-flop ,
- foetid ,
- forbidding ,
- fore ,
- forgetful ,
- forrad ,
- forrader ,
- forrard ,
- forth ,
- forward-moving ,
- forwards ,
- foul-smelling ,
- fouled ,
- fractious ,
- freshly ,
- frightful ,
- frigid ,
- frigidity ,
- frontward ,
- frontwards ,
- funky ,
- fussy ,
- gallant ,
- gamey ,
- gamy ,
- garish ,
- gaudy ,
- genius ,
- ghastly ,
- gibelike ,
- gilded ,
- gimcrack ,
- gloomy ,
- glowering ,
- glum ,
- godless ,
- good manners ,
- grand piano ,
- grandiloquent ,
- grave ,
- grievous ,
- grime ,
- grisly ,
- grouchy ,
- gruesome ,
- grumpy ,
- ham-fisted ,
- ham-handed ,
- handless ,
- hard ,
- hard-hitting ,
- hardheaded ,
- hardy ,
- heady ,
- heavy ,
- heavy-handed ,
- heroic ,
- hideous ,
- high-and-mighty ,
- high-hat cymbal ,
- high-minded ,
- high-sounding ,
- high-strung ,
- higher-ranking ,
- higher-up ,
- highfaluting ,
- highly strung ,
- horrible ,
- horrid ,
- horrific ,
- horrifying ,
- hot-tempered ,
- hotheaded ,
- howling ,
- humbling ,
- hunky-dory ,
- hurt ,
- idealistic ,
- idiotic ,
- ignominious ,
- ill-famed ,
- ill-gotten ,
- ill-mannered ,
- ill-scented ,
- ill-tempered ,
- illiberal ,
- immaterial ,
- imperial ,
- imposing ,
- in the altogether ,
- in the buff ,
- in the raw ,
- inadequate ,
- inapplicable ,
- indecorous ,
- indefinable ,
- indescribable ,
- ineffable ,
- inexorable ,
- infect ,
- inflated ,
- inglorious ,
- inhuman ,
- insensate ,
- interchange ,
- intrepid ,
- invigorated ,
- ironical ,
- irritable ,
- jeer ,
- jejune ,
- jittery ,
- jubilant ,
- judicious ,
- juicy ,
- jumpy ,
- keen ,
- knifelike ,
- knockout ,
- knowing ,
- la-di-da ,
- lake superior ,
- lancinate ,
- lancinating ,
- lash out ,
- laughable ,
- leaf ,
- left-slanting ,
- levorotary ,
- levorotatory ,
- lewd ,
- life-threatening ,
- light ,
- little ,
- loathly ,
- loathsome ,
- loony toons ,
- loud ,
- lousy ,
- low ,
- low temperature ,
- low-spirited ,
- lowbred ,
- lowering ,
- ludicrous ,
- lush ,
- luxurious ,
- macabre ,
- maculate ,
- mad ,
- majestic ,
- marked-up ,
- marvellous ,
- marvelous ,
- master ,
- maven ,
- mavin ,
- meddling ,
- mental attitude ,
- meretricious ,
- misanthropic ,
- misanthropical ,
- misdirect ,
- mockery ,
- monstrous ,
- moody ,
- mordacious ,
- morganatic ,
- morose ,
- mortifying ,
- moth-eaten ,
- muddied ,
- muddy ,
- myopic ,
- naked ,
- naked as a jaybird ,
- natural ,
- naughty ,
- nauseating ,
- nauseous ,
- needlelike ,
- nerveless ,
- nettlesome ,
- new ,
- newly ,
- newspaper clipping ,
- nipping ,
- noble-minded ,
- noisome ,
- nonsensical ,
- notorious ,
- novel ,
- objurgation ,
- obstinate ,
- off ,
- off-color ,
- off-key ,
- offence ,
- offense ,
- officious ,
- ok ,
- okay ,
- one thousand ,
- onrush ,
- onset ,
- onslaught ,
- onward ,
- onwards ,
- opera hat ,
- opulent ,
- orthogonal ,
- outrage ,
- overblown ,
- overstrung ,
- painful ,
- pane ,
- pass ,
- patronising ,
- peckish ,
- peeled ,
- penetrating ,
- penetrative ,
- peremptory ,
- persnickety ,
- pervert ,
- perverted ,
- pestiferous ,
- pettish ,
- petulant ,
- piercing ,
- piercingly ,
- pitch ,
- plan of attack ,
- poise ,
- pollute ,
- pontifical ,
- poor ,
- portentous ,
- position ,
- positive ,
- posture ,
- practical ,
- pragmatic ,
- precipitous ,
- preposterous ,
- press clipping ,
- press cutting ,
- primitive ,
- princely ,
- pungent ,
- purple ,
- pushful ,
- queasy ,
- quick-tempered ,
- quizzical ,
- racy ,
- rail ,
- rancid ,
- ranking ,
- rarefied ,
- rarified ,
- rattling ,
- raunchy ,
- refreshed ,
- refreshful ,
- refreshing ,
- reinvigorated ,
- rejoicing ,
- relentless ,
- repellant ,
- repellent ,
- repelling ,
- reprobate ,
- reproving ,
- repugnant ,
- repulsive ,
- restive ,
- revolting ,
- ridiculous ,
- riff ,
- riffle ,
- rough ,
- round ,
- royal ,
- royalist ,
- sacrilegious ,
- salacious ,
- sang-froid ,
- saturnine ,
- scant ,
- scoff ,
- scoop ,
- scratchy ,
- searching ,
- secular ,
- self-asserting ,
- self-important ,
- send on ,
- sensation ,
- sensitive ,
- serious ,
- set on ,
- sharp-worded ,
- sharply ,
- sheer ,
- shocking ,
- shoddy ,
- short-change ,
- short-circuit ,
- short-tempered ,
- shortly ,
- shortsighted ,
- shortstop ,
- shrewd ,
- shrill ,
- sick ,
- sickening ,
- silk hat ,
- single ,
- skanky ,
- sky ,
- slight ,
- slimy ,
- slip ,
- smarting ,
- smartness ,
- smelly ,
- smutty ,
- snarky ,
- snipe ,
- snot-nosed ,
- snotty-nosed ,
- soaring ,
- soil ,
- soiled ,
- sole ,
- somersault ,
- somersaulting ,
- somerset ,
- sordid ,
- sore ,
- sorry ,
- sourness ,
- spartan ,
- spicy ,
- stabbing ,
- stale ,
- star ,
- stark ,
- stark naked ,
- steep ,
- stern ,
- stinging ,
- stinking ,
- stovepipe ,
- sublime ,
- subvert ,
- suddenly ,
- sulfurous ,
- sully ,
- sulphurous ,
- sumptuous ,
- superman ,
- superordinate ,
- superscript ,
- superstar ,
- swaggering ,
- sweet ,
- swelled ,
- switch ,
- tack ,
- tacky ,
- tart ,
- tartness ,
- tatty ,
- taunt ,
- teasing ,
- techy ,
- tender ,
- terrible ,
- terrific ,
- testy ,
- tetchy ,
- thin-skinned ,
- thinning ,
- thou ,
- thousand ,
- threatening ,
- throw ,
- thumb ,
- tight ,
- tone-beginning ,
- tongue-lashing ,
- tonic ,
- too big for one's breeches ,
- top hat ,
- topper ,
- toss ,
- touchy ,
- towering ,
- toxicant ,
- traduce ,
- trashy ,
- tremendous ,
- triumphal ,
- triumphant ,
- turn ,
- turn over ,
- turned ,
- twit ,
- twitch ,
- tyrannic ,
- tyrannical ,
- ugly ,
- unappeasable ,
- unawares ,
- unbecoming ,
- unblushing ,
- uncivil ,
- unclean ,
- uncomely ,
- unconscionable ,
- unconsecrated ,
- underbred ,
- undesirable ,
- undivided ,
- unfearing ,
- unfermented ,
- unforesightful ,
- unforgiving ,
- ungracious ,
- unmannered ,
- unmannerly ,
- unnameable ,
- unrelenting ,
- unretentive ,
- unsanctified ,
- unsanded ,
- unsavory ,
- unsavoury ,
- unseemly ,
- unsporting ,
- unsportsmanlike ,
- untellable ,
- untoward ,
- unused ,
- unutterable ,
- unworthy ,
- uptight ,
- usurious ,
- venturesome ,
- venturous ,
- vicious ,
- victor ,
- vindictive ,
- violate ,
- violative ,
- virtuoso ,
- vital ,
- vitiate ,
- vitriol ,
- vituperation ,
- voguish ,
- wayward ,
- whiz ,
- whizz ,
- wicked ,
- window pane ,
- wise to ,
- wiz ,
- wizard ,
- wonderful ,
- wondrous ,
- work ,
- worthless ,
- wretched ,
- wry ,
- yard ,
- yokelish ,
- yucky ,
- zen .
- A ,
- Aspersive ,
- Castigatory ,
- Cavilling ,
- Detractory ,
- Doggish ,
- Epithetic ,
- Excommunicatory ,
- Execratory ,
- Fulminatory ,
- Imprecatory ,
- Procacious ,
- Ridiculing ,
- Scurrile ,
- Snarling ,
- Vilifying ,
- acerbic ,
- acid ,
- acidic ,
- acidulous ,
- acrid ,
- acrimonious ,
- arbitrary ,
- arrogant ,
- atrocious ,
- aweless ,
- back-biting ,
- backhand ,
- backhanded ,
- belittling ,
- bitchy ,
- biting ,
- bitter ,
- blasphemous ,
- bodacious ,
- bumptious ,
- calumniatory ,
- calumnious ,
- captious ,
- carping ,
- catty ,
- caustic ,
- cavalier ,
- censorious ,
- chutzpadik ,
- clannish ,
- cliquish ,
- cold ,
- comminatory ,
- condemnatory ,
- condescending ,
- contemptuous ,
- cool ,
- crabbed ,
- critical ,
- cursing ,
- cutting ,
- cynic ,
- cynical ,
- damnatory ,
- damning ,
- defamatory ,
- degrading ,
- denigrating ,
- denunciatory ,
- deprecative ,
- deprecatory ,
- depreciative ,
- depreciatory ,
- derisive ,
- derisory ,
- derogative ,
- derogatory ,
- dictatorial ,
- dirty ,
- discourteous ,
- disdainful ,
- disgraceful ,
- dismissive ,
- disparaging ,
- domineering ,
- dysphemistic ,
- exclusive ,
- flip ,
- foul ,
- grand ,
- grandiose ,
- grim ,
- harsh ,
- haughty ,
- hifalutin ,
- high-flown ,
- high-handed ,
- highfalutin ,
- hoity-toity ,
- hubristic ,
- huffy ,
- humiliating ,
- imperious ,
- incisive ,
- infamous ,
- insulting ,
- intolerant ,
- invective ,
- irascible ,
- ironic ,
- irreverent ,
- jeering ,
- left-handed ,
- libellous ,
- libelous ,
- lofty ,
- lordly ,
- magisterial ,
- malefic ,
- malevolent ,
- malicious ,
- malign ,
- minimizing ,
- mocking ,
- nasty ,
- obscene ,
- obtrusive ,
- offensive ,
- outrageous ,
- overbearing ,
- overweening ,
- patronizing ,
- peevish ,
- pejorative ,
- perverse ,
- poisonous ,
- pompous ,
- prideful ,
- profane ,
- proud ,
- railing ,
- raw ,
- regal ,
- reproachful ,
- ribald ,
- risque ,
- sarcastic ,
- sardonic ,
- satiric ,
- satirical ,
- scandalous ,
- scathing ,
- scatologic ,
- scatological ,
- scoffing ,
- scolding ,
- severe ,
- shameful ,
- sharp ,
- short ,
- slanderous ,
- slighting ,
- sneering ,
- snide ,
- sniffy ,
- snobbish ,
- snobby ,
- snooty ,
- snotty ,
- sour ,
- spiteful ,
- stuck-up ,
- sullen ,
- supercilious ,
- superior ,
- surly ,
- taint ,
- taunting ,
- toffee-nosed ,
- toplofty ,
- trenchant ,
- truculent ,
- unspeakable ,
- vainglorious ,
- venomous ,
- vile ,
- virulent ,
- vituperatory ,
- withering .
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How to use "Contumelious" in context?
Contumelious is generally defined as haughty and rude in attitude or language. It is often used to describe someone who is ungrateful or speaks harshly to others. It is often reminiscent of the word "condescending." A person who is contumelious is not just unkind, but also mean-spirited. They may have the attitude of "I don't care about you" or "I can do whatever I want."
Contumelious behavior can be directed at anyone, regardless of their relationship to the person behaving contumeliously.
Homophones for Contumelious:
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