Another word for contumelious
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Adjective
Rude and disrespectful
- Having the ability to discern or judge what is true, right, or lasting; sagacious:
- Exhibiting common sense; prudent:
- Shrewd; crafty:
- Haughty or presumptuous, especially for one's rank or social standing:
- Not complacent or deferential; strongly self-assertive:
- Uppity.
- Sharp-tongued; impertinent:
- Occurring in pieces; fragmentary.
- Made up of snippets.
- Snippy; impertinent.
- Having the quality of a smart-aleck; rude, disrespectful
- New to one's experience; not encountered before:
- Unusual or different:
- Recently made, produced, or harvested; not stale or spoiled:
- To throw or toss with a light brisk motion:
- To toss in the air, imparting a spin:
- To cause to turn over or around, especially with a light quick motion:
- Made of or decorated with brass.
- Resembling brass, as in color.
- Resembling or characterized by the sound of brass instruments:
- Having or showing intelligence; bright.
- Canny and shrewd in dealings with others:
- Amusingly clever; witty:
- Impertinent or disrespectful, especially in a playful or lively way:
- Attractive or stylish, especially in being sexually alluring:
- Having the consistency of or covered with sauce:
- Rude and disrespectful; impudent.
- Lively and spirited; jaunty.
- Stylish; chic:
- Disagreeably aggressive or forward.
- Going beyond what is right or proper; excessively forward:
- Having or showing excessive and arrogant self-confidence; presumptuous.
- High-spirited, lively, or cheerful:
- Impudently bold; saucy:
- Attractive or stylish in appearance:
- Excessively confident; presumptuous.
- Arrogantly impudent; brazen.
- Showing or requiring courage and fortitude; bold.
- Jumpy; nervous.
- Impudently bold in speech or manner; saucy.
- An impudent, saucy person.
- Audaciously rude or disrespectful; impertinent or impudent.
- Presumptuous and insulting in manner or speech; arrogant.
- Offensively bold or disrespectful; insolent or impertinent.
- Immodest.
- Exceeding the limits of propriety or good manners; improperly forward or bold:
- Not pertinent:
- At, near, or belonging to the front or forepart; fore:
- Located ahead or in advance:
- Going, tending, or moving toward a position in front:
- Often encountered or seen:
- Having fair knowledge; acquainted:
- Of established friendship; intimate:
- Impertinently bold; impudent and saucy.
- Unrestrained by a sense of shame; rudely bold.
- Having a loud, usually harsh, resonant sound:
- Made of brass.
- Presumptuously forward; impudent:
- Hasty or unrestrained without regard for consequences:
- Arresting, pronounced, or ostentatious:
- impudent or forward in manner
- boldface
- Fearless and daring; courageous:
- Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring:
- Unduly forward and brazen; impudent:
- Fearlessly, often recklessly daring; bold.
- Unrestrained by convention or propriety; brazen or insolent:
- Spirited and original:
- Characterized by assumption.
- Taken for granted; assumed.
- Presumptuous; assuming.
- Presumptuous; arrogant.
- On the assumption that; supposing:
Of, relating to, or characterized by verbal abuse
- Using, containing, or marked by harshly critical or irate language.
- Given to the use of vulgar, coarse, or abusive language.
- Expressed in vulgar, coarse, or abusive language.
- Of a malicious or slanderous nature; defamatory:
- Expressing contemptuous reproach; scornful or abusive:
- Bringing disgrace; shameful or infamous:
- Denunciatory or abusive language; vituperation:
- A denunciatory or abusive expression or discourse:
- Characterized by improper or wrongful use:
- Using or containing insulting or hurtful language:
- Causing physical injury to another:
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