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verb
- 1. speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse: "you're insulting the woman I love"
noun
- 1. a disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or action: "he hurled insults at us"
- 2. an event or occurrence that causes damage to a tissue or organ: "the movement of the bone causes a severe tissue insult"
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The meaning of INSULT is to treat with insolence, indignity, or contempt : affront; also : to affect offensively or damagingly. How to use insult in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Insult.
An insult is a rude action or remark meant to harm someone’s reputation or hurt their feelings. Insults come in many forms, often attacking the mental or physical characteristics of someone or something. To insult someone is to offend or demean them, as by making harmful remarks. An insult is also
INSULT definition: 1. an offensive remark or action: 2. something that causes an injury or damage to the body: 3. to…. Learn more.
If you insult someone, you have offended that person — either intentionally or unintentionally — through your actions or words. You might insult your host if you refuse to try the dessert he made from pasta, nuts, and chocolate sauce.
Synonyms for INSULT: offence, sarcasm, outrage, indignity, slap, affront, epithet, diss; Antonyms of INSULT: compliment, praise, commendation, applause, acclaim, flattery, accolade, adulation
verb. insulted, insulting, insults. To treat or speak to with scorn, insolence, or great disrespect; subject to treatment, a remark, etc. that hurts or is meant to hurt the feelings or pride. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To affront or demean. An absurd speech that insulted the intelligence of the audience. American Heritage.
Definitions of 'insult' 1. If someone insults you, they say or do something that is rude or offensive. [...] 2. An insult is a rude remark, or something a person says or does which insults you. [...] 3. See to add insult to injury [...] More. Conjugations of 'insult' present simple: I insult, you insult [...]
An insult is a rude remark, or something a person says or does which insults you.
1. to treat, mention, or speak to rudely; offend; affront. 2. obsolete to assault; attack. n. 3. an offensive or contemptuous remark or action; affront; slight. 4. a person or thing producing the effect of an affront: some television is an insult to intelligence. 5.
INSULT meaning: to do or say something that is offensive to (someone) to do or say something that shows a lack of respect for (someone)
