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contumely

noun

/ˈkɒn.tjʊ.mə.li/

Meaning

insulting or humiliating treatment

He endured the contumely of his colleagues with patience.

insult, humiliation, affront, disrespect

respect, honor, praise

suffer contumely, receive contumely, contumely directed at

a request or appeal, especially in a legal context

an activity that is done for enjoyment; the process of making something exist again

The quality of being unkind, spiteful, or unfair; stinginess

A commander of a unit of one hundred soldiers in the ancient Roman army.

the arrangement or organization of parts to form a whole

The basic physical and organizational structures and facilities needed for the operation of a societ...