I should quit reading 19th century poetry if I want to stop adding to the list of words of which I'm ignorant. However, it is being remedied. Here yet another Word of the Day.

contumely

\Con"tu*me*ly\, n. [L. contumelia, prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. OF. contumelie. Cf. Contumacy.] Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace.

The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely. --Shak.

Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely. --Burke.