contumely in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

Translations for contumely in the English»Spanish Dictionary

contumely <pl contumelies> [Am ˈkɑntjʊməli, ˈkɑntjʊmli, Brit ˈkɒntjuːmɪli, ˈkɒntjuːmli] N U form

contumely

contumelia f form

contumely

afrenta f

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Few things, though, irritate me as much as the contumely heaped generally upon escorted tours and specifically on coach holidays.

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Both departed the country's highest office amid some contumely and are now widely respected.

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This causes plenty of arguments, specially if a question was only lightly loaded and gets a bigger dose of contumely back.

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They who suffered the contumely of the censorious have joined the sniffy chorus of the censors themselves.

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The torso, which had remained unscathed, was burned in the amphitheatre, in a final act of contumely.

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Instead, he had kept him at the farthest remove possible, in disgrace and contumely, and had suffered him to be held a sort of prisoner in marshy and sickly regions.

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