contumely contumeliousness • contund · · · Info · Definitions · Synonyms · Characters · · contumely · · Text Latin · · Script 9 · · Length Definitions · · · (noun) a rude expression intended to offend or hurt. Synonyms: abuse, insult, revilement, vilification. Examples: "When a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse." "They yelled insults at the visiting team." · · Noun Definition 1 Synonyms · · · abuse · · Synonym 1 insult · · Synonym 2 revilement · · Synonym 3 vilification · · Synonym 4 Characters · · c latin small letter c U+0063 e latin small letter e U+0065 l latin small letter l U+006C m latin small letter m U+006D n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F t latin small letter t U+0074 u latin small letter u U+0075 y latin small letter y U+0079