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Insulting vs Contumelious - What's the difference?

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Insulting is a related term of contumelious.


As adjectives the difference between insulting and contumelious

is that insulting is containing insult, or having the intention of insulting while contumelious is (archaic|literary) rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; insolent or disdainful.

As a verb insulting

is .

As a noun insulting

is the act of giving insult.

insulting

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
    • He received an insulting letter.

    Derived terms

    * insultingly

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of giving insult.
  • * (Isaac Barrow)
    • grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his affliction

    Anagrams

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    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