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\kəntjˈuːmli], \kəntjˈuːmli], \k_ə_n_t_j_ˈuː_m_l_i]\
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a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"
By Princeton University
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a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"
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By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Latin] Insult; indignity; affront; —rudeness or reproach compounded of haughtiness and contempt.
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Contemptuousness, bitterness of language, reproach.
By Thomas Sheridan
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