About The Word Insult
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Insult
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What's The Definition Of Insult?
[n] a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"
[n] 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" [v] treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks" Synonyms | Synonyms for Insult: abuse | affront | affront | contumely | revilement | vilification Related Terms | Find terms related to Insult: abase | abuse | affront | airs | arrogance | asperse | aspersion | atrocity | barb | be above | be contemptuous of | brickbat | call names | care nothing for | clannishness | cliquishness | contemn | contempt | contemptuousness | contumely | cut | debase | defamation | defame | degrade | deride | despise | despite | dig | discourtesy | disdain | disdainfulness | disgrace | dishonor | disoblige | disparage | disparagement | disprize | dump | dump on | enormity | exclusiveness | feel contempt for | feel superior to | fleer | fleer at | flout | flouting | gibe | gibe at | gird | give offense to | hauteur | hold beneath one | hold cheap | hold in contempt | humble | humiliate | humiliation | hurl a brickbat | ignominy | indignity | injure | injury | insolence | invective | jeer | jeer at | jeering | jibe at | libel | look down upon | misprize | mock | mockery | obloquy | offend | offense | opprobrium | outrage | put down | put-down | rank low | ridicule | rump | scoff | scoff at | scorn | scornfulness | scurrility | set at naught | shame | slander | slap | slight | slur | sneer | sneer at | sneeze at | sniff at | sniffiness | snobbishness | snootiness | snort at | snottiness | sovereign contempt | superciliousness | taunt | think nothing of | toploftiness | treat with indignity | uncomplimentary remark | vituperation See Also | billingsgate | bruise | cut | discourtesy | discourtesy | disrespect | hurt | indignity | injure | invective | low blow | offence | offend | offense | offensive activity | outrage | scandalisation | scandalization | scurrility | spite | stinger | vitriol | vituperation | wound Insult In Webster's Dictionary \In"sult\, n. [L. insultus, fr. insilire to leap upon:
cf. F. insulte. See {Insult}, v. t.]
1. The act of leaping on; onset; attack. [Obs.] --Dryden.
2. Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an
act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an
indignity.
The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief.
--Savage.
Syn: Affront; indignity; abuse; outrage; contumely. See
{Affront}.
\In*sult"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Insulting}.] [F. insulter, L. insultare, freq. fr. insilire to leap into or upon; pref. in- in, on + salire to leap. See {Salient}.] 1. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him. \In*sult"\, v. i. 1. To leap or jump. Give me thy knife, I will insult on him. --Shak. Like the frogs in the apologue, insulting upon their wooden king. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To behave with insolence; to exult. [Archaic] The lion being dead, even hares insult. --Daniel. An unwillingness to insult over their helpless fatuity. --Landor. |
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