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Meaning of "contumelies" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CONTUMELIES

contumelies  [ˈkɒntjuːmlɪz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONTUMELIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Contumelies is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONTUMELIES


billies
ˈbɪlɪz
Buckley´s
ˈbʌklɪz
collies
ˈkɒlɪz
dailies
ˈdeɪlɪz
follies
ˈfɒlɪz
friendlies
ˈfrendlɪz
gullies
ˈɡʌlɪz
Heelys
ˈhiːlɪz
jellies
ˈdʒɛlɪz
Kimberleys
ˈkɪmbəlɪz
mielies
ˈmiːlɪz
mollies
ˈmɒlɪz
monthlies
ˈmʌnθlɪz
rallies
ˈrælɪz
trolleys
ˈtrɒlɪz
wallies
ˈwælɪz
weeklies
ˈwiːklɪz
wellies
ˈwɛlɪz
Westerlies
ˈwɛstəlɪz
willies
ˈwɪlɪz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONTUMELIES

controvertible
controvertibly
controvertist
contubernal
contubernyal
contumacies
contumacious
contumaciously
contumaciousness
contumacity
contumacy
contumelious
contumeliously
contumeliousness
contumely
contund
contuse
contusion
contusioned
contusive

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONTUMELIES

allies
anomalies
applies
as the crow flies
assemblies
bullies
butterflies
cicelies
complies
families
flies
implies
Johnny-come-latelies
lilies
lovelies
relies
replies
resupplies
supplies
the Two Sicilies

Synonyms and antonyms of contumelies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CONTUMELIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «contumelies» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of contumelies

Translation of «contumelies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONTUMELIES

Find out the translation of contumelies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of contumelies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «contumelies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

contumelies
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

contumelias
570 millions of speakers

English

contumelies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

contumelies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

contumelies
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

contumelies
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

contumelies
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

contumelies
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

contumelies
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Kontumelies
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

contumelies
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

contumelies
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

contumelies
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Contumelies
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

contumelies
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

contumelies
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Contumelies
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

contumelies
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

contumelies
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

contumelies
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

contumelies
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

contumelies
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

contumelies
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

contumelies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

contumelies
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

contumelies
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of contumelies

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTUMELIES»

The term «contumelies» is used very little and occupies the 158.198 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of contumelies
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «contumelies».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONTUMELIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «contumelies» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «contumelies» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about contumelies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONTUMELIES»

Discover the use of contumelies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to contumelies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Catena Aurea: St. John
The temptation of Peter, which took place in the Evang. midst of the contumelies offered to our Lord, is not placed ". vi. by an in the same order. Matthew and Mark put the contumelies first, the temptation of Peter afterwards ; Luke the temptation  ...
Saint Thomas (Aquinas), 1845
2
Disce Vivere: Learn to Live ...
Prophet, They rendered me evil Jin. good, and hatred for my good will3 Now, in all these contumelies he behaved himself meekly. So then we must learn by his example, how to bear the contumelies of this world, to wit, with a calm and quiet ...
Christopher Sutton, 1848
3
Disce vivere: learn to live. Repr
Prophet, They rendered me evil fur good, and hatred for my good will3 Now, in all these contumelies he behaved himself meekly. So then we must learn by his example, how to bear the contumelies of this world, to wit, with a calm and quiet ...
Christopher Sutton, 1848
4
St. John. 2 pts
rnidst of the contumelies offered to our Lord, is not placed ii. vi. by all in the same order. Matthew and Mark put the contumelies first, the temptation of Peter afterwards; Luke the temptation first, the contumelies after. John begins with the ...
5
Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings ...
I pass by in silence [the fact] that He is crucified, for this was the end for which He had come; yet had the death which must be undergone had need of contumelies likewise?2 [No] ; but, when about to depart, He wished to be sated with the ...
Alexander Roberts, Sir James Donaldson, 1869
6
The History of the Variations of the Protestant Churches
by their talents ; elated with their success, they both despised the Fathers; both were impatient of contradiction, nor did their eloquence ever flow more copiously than when fraught with contumelies. 82.——-His temper as violent, but sourer ...
Jacques Bénigne Bossuet, 1829
7
Works: Ninety-six sermons
tumelias transcurrit, ' but the very contumelies of our nature (transcurrit is too quick a word) He ran through them ;' nay He stayed in them, in this first nine months. I say the contumelies of our nature not to be named, they are so mean. So mean ...
Lancelot Andrewes, 1841
8
The New Inn: By Ben Jonson
He can assure himself against all rumour, 135 Despairs of nothing, laughs at contumelies, As knowing himself advanced in a height Where injury cannot reach him, nor aspersion Touch him with soil! Lady F. Most manly uttered all!
Ben Jonson, Michael Hattaway, 2001
9
The Works
... the earth, by an unnatural way, not by a natural, but by a violent, and bitter death, that man so torn and mangled, wounded with thorns, oppressed with scorns and contumelies, Pilate presents and exhibits so, Face homo, Behold the man.
John Donne, Henry Alford, 1839
10
Contents of the Harleian Miscellany, with an Index: Comp. at ...
The casuistical divines, and civilians, are herein agreed; and they do not allow a prince the liberty to pardon iiidignities and contumelies done to his person, because his reputation is not properly his - own; his subjects share therein, and ...
‎1811

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONTUMELIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term contumelies is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Looking beyond the illusory lies of Fauster atta mensah
While social media is brimming over with contumelies and condemnations for the young man, I think beyond the perdition and the derision, we ... «GhanaWeb, May 14»
2
You Can't Say That! Is It Time to Write the Epitaph for Epithets?
The racist, the homophobe, the sexist—nowadays, they launch their contumelies at their own peril. It's not that we've all learned to link hands ... «CALIFORNIA, Mar 14»
3
Author and film critic, hollywoodandfine.com
Any New York Knicks fan can offer a laundry list of Dolan's contumelies as the team's owner. He's one of those larger-than-life figures who, ... «Huffington Post, Nov 13»
4
The Confessions of a Guilty Catholic
Tired of being met with contumelies about pedophilia and the Hitler Youth, I am embarrassed to say that I have backed down from the calling of ... «Harvard Crimson, Sep 13»
5
Linkless Italian phishers quote Shakespeare in an attempt to defeat …
Forsooth, I would fain NOT beclick such wretched fardels, and heap contumelies upon the phishulous knaves who bear such ills. Reply. «Naked Security, Apr 13»
6
Liberal Narcissism and Anti-Christian Phobia
... tolerate contumelies against conservatives, but they delight in them. .... tolerate contumelies against conservatives, but they delight in them. «American Thinker, Apr 10»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Contumelies [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/contumelies>. Apr 2024 ».
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