contumelious
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- arrogantly insolentOpposite respectfulSimilar disrespectful
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Con′tu·me′li·ous (?or ?; 106), adjective
Origin: L. contumeliosus.
1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.
Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts.— William Shakespeare
Curving a contumelious lip.— Alfred Tennyson
2. Shameful; disgraceful. obsolete Dr. Henry More
— Con′wb-a2′>′tu·me′wb-a1′>′li·ous·ly, adverb — Con′wb-a2′>′tu·me′wb-a1′>′li·ous·ness, noun
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54