(adjective) : contŭmēlĭōsus, a, um, contumelia
* Full of abuse, reproachful, insolent, abusive (in good prose): partim te superbum esse dicunt, quod nihil respondeas, partim contumeliosum, quod male respondeas,Cic. Fam. 1, 10: uti beneficio Antonii contumelioso,id. Att. 15, 12, 1: quam contumeliosus in edictis!id. Phil. 3, 6, 15: litterae in aliquem,id. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 3, § 9; id. Balb. 9, 24; Sall. J. 65, 2: contumeliosum id militibus,Tac. H. 2, 27: dicta,Sall. J. 20, 5; Liv. 24, 5, 5: edicta,Suet. Ner. 41: et minaci et contumaci epistulă,id. Claud. 35: exactor,Dig. 22, 1, 33 pr.—Comp.: παρεγχείρησις, Cic. Att. 15, 4, 3: injuria,Dig. 47, 10, 7, § 7.—Sup.: genus acclamationum,Suet. Dom. 23: verbum,Quint. 2, 12, 1; 12, 5, 6.—Adv.: contŭmēlĭōsē, abusively, insolently, etc.: dicere de absentibus,Cic. Off. 1, 37, 134; Quint. 6, 1, 17: contumeliose et aspere dicere in adversarios,id. 6, 3, 28 al.—Comp., Ter. Phorm. 2, 3, 1; Liv. 32, 37, 4; Just. 5, 4, 13.—Sup., Cic. Vat. 12, 29; Vell. 1, 7, 1.

s. TLL