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Contumelious vs Vile - What's the difference?

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Contumelious is a related term of vile.


As adjectives the difference between contumelious and vile

is that contumelious is (archaic|literary) rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; insolent or disdainful while vile is morally low; base; despicable.

contumelious

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (archaic, literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; insolent or disdainful.
  • * 1879 ,
    • The pad would not stay on Modestine’s back for half a moment. I returned it to its maker, with whom I had so contumelious a passage that the street outside was crowded from wall to wall with gossips looking on and listening.

    Synonyms

    * (rudely contemptuous) disdainful, insolent

    Related terms

    * contumeliousness * contumeliously * contumely

    vile

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • morally low; base; despicable

    • Synonyms

    * base * despicable * mean * ignoble

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