contumelious

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   arrogantly insolent

   Similardisrespectful

Questions about contumelious

What does contumelious mean?

contumelious means "arrogantly insolent".

How many syllables are in contumelious?

contumelious has 5 syllables: con-tu-me-li-ous. The stress falls on "li".

Is contumelious a common word?

contumelious is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.