单词 | contumely |
释义 | contumelyn. 1. Insolent reproach or abuse; insulting or offensively contemptuous language or treatment; despite; scornful rudeness; now, esp. such contemptuous treatment as tends to inflict dishonour and humiliation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > abusive language teleeOE conteckc1380 contumelyc1386 flitec1400 abuse1559 doggery?1577 vinegar-railing1609 Billingsgate1676 slangwhang1834 tongue-plague1853 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [noun] despite1297 conteckc1380 reproofa1382 contumelyc1386 villainya1400 cagment1504 injury?1518 mispersoning1522 opprobry1569 disgrace1592 baffling1602 affronting1611 insultance?1615 confronta1626 abusiveness1633 confrontmentc1635 baffle1647 insultancy1655 contumeliousness1657 disobliging1692 affrontingness1730 insultation1755 insulting1837 ranking1954 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋480 The sinne of contumelie or strif and cheste. 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. avv Detraction is priuely, contumely is openly done. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 159 Those that hearde tearmes of contumely thundred against your grace. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. i. 73 Th' oppressors wrong, the proude mans contumely . View more context for this quotation ?1637 T. Hobbes tr. Aristotle Briefe Art Rhetorique i. 70 Contumely, is the disgracing of another for his own pastime. 1754 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. I. 265 To join contumely to cruelty. 1844 Hood's Mag. May 417 Perishing gloomily, Spurr'd by contumely. 1847 C. Dickens Dombey & Son (1848) xi. 97 Which Mrs. Pipchin had, with contumely and scorn, rejected. 2. (with a and plural) An instance of contumely; an insult, an insolent reproach, a piece of scornful or contemptuous insolence. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [noun] > an insult bismer971 unworshipc1200 hard wordc1225 despite1297 dishonourc1320 conteckc1380 reproofa1382 filthc1400 rebukec1425 contumelyc1450 probrec1460 reproacha1513 abusion1570 disgrace1586 affront1588 mockery1603 disobligement1635 disobligation1655 contumelacy1657 insult1671 humps and grumps1727 foul-mouthing1821 mudball1846 slam1884 burn1942 a kick in the teeth1972 c1450 Mirour Saluacioun 3694 In Jerusalem of his contumelies and the place of his passionne. 1576 A. Fleming tr. C. Plinius Novocomensis in Panoplie Epist. 248 He should have contumelies, and reproches, ringing about his eares. c1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses iii. 276 Who, pressing me with contumelies, dare Such things as past the power of utt'rance are. 1713 Steele in Englishm. No. 15. 97 A Freeman..will vindicate himself from all Contumelies. a1864 N. Hawthorne Amer. Note-bks. (1879) I. 126 The pedlars find satisfaction for all contumelies in making good bargains. 3. Contemptuous insult as it affects the sufferer: disgrace, reproach, humiliation. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [noun] unworshipc888 bismerc893 shameOE shondOE shendnessc1000 shendinga1220 shendlaca1225 slander1297 brixlea1300 shendship1303 hounteec1330 dishonourc1380 reproofc1380 defamationa1387 dishonestyc1386 hountagec1390 defamea1393 disworshipa1400 mishonoura1400 villainya1400 shendc1400 rebukec1425 contemptc1430 reproach?a1439 reprobationa1450 disfamec1460 opprobry?a1475 lackc1480 shentc1480 vitupery1489 defamy1490 opprobre1490 dain?a1500 contemnment1502 ignominy?1527 scandalization1530 ignomy1534 contumely1555 disglory1567 dehonestationa1575 disgrace1592 attainder1597 disreputation1601 defaming1611 ignominiousness1655 adoxy1656 opprobrium1684 shonda1961 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. ix. f. 137 The king thynketh it to sounde greatly to his contumely and reproche. 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Creed (1839) 18 It..casteth a kind of contumely upon the author of it. 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career iii. 48 He would outlive humiliation, contumely and hardship. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). † contumelyv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To treat with contumely; to reproach insolently, insult. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [verb (transitive)] heanc950 to say or speak (one) shamec950 to say or speak shame of, on, byc950 affrontc1330 dispersona1400 to say language against1423 insautc1425 contumely1483 cag1504 to put (a person) to villainya1513 fuffle1536 to bring, drive to scorn1569 ascorn1570 affrent1578 injure?a1600 insult1620 to put a scorn on, upon1633 upbraid1665 topa1700 chopse1854 burn1914 rank1934 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 424/1 She..said many Iniuryes & vylonyes to fyacre contumeleyng & blasphemyng hym. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < |
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