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Meaning of contumelia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[kɔn.tʊˈmeː.li.a]

Definitions

  1. insult, reproach, contumely, abuse, mistreatment
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  2. affront, invective
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  3. humiliation, injury; assault, violence
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Equivalents

Examples

“[…] ; quamquam de gloria vix dicere ausim, si nos et hostes haud secus quam feminas abditos intra vallum omnibus contumeliis eludunt, et […]”

[…] ; though I had as lief not to speak of glory, when the enemy jeers us with much abuse as if women concealing behind walls, and […]

“ubi fuerit superbia, ibi erit et contumēlia: ubi autem humilitās, ibi et sapientia”

Where pride is, there also shall be reproach: but where humility is, there also is wisdom. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

“Quae nova ista contumelia est in Quirites, de quibus optimi poetae elogium est:”

What new insult is this to the Quirites of whom the great poet sings: (Coleman trans., 1922 CE)

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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