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(noun) harsh language or treatment arising from haughtiness and contempt / (noun) an instance of such language or treatment

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contumely



Blair drew upon his immense reserves of contumely for public error to issue a counterblast as imperious as it was self-serving.

—p.163 by Richard Seymour
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When Martov attempted to speak from the platform, the audience howled contumely on him

—p.131 May: Collaboration (127) by China Miéville
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With contumely masked as charity on the one hand, and charity proffered as indifference by the other

thought it meant like greed

—p.703 PART II (279) by William Gaddis
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