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- DictionaryIn·sult
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"
Insult, indignity, affront, slight imply an act that injures another's honor, self-respect, etc. Insult implies such insolence of speech or manner as deeply humiliates or wounds one's feelings and arouses to anger. Indignity is especially used of inconsiderate, contemptuous treatment toward one entitled to respect.
1. : a gross indignity : an instance of insolent or contemptuous speech or conduct. 2. : injury to the body or one of its parts. also : something that causes or has a potential for causing such injury. pollution and other environmental insults. Synonyms.
Check pronunciation: insult. Definition of insult noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Insult, indignity, affront, slight imply an act that injures another's honor, self-respect, etc. Insult implies such insolence of speech or manner as deeply humiliates or wounds one's feelings and arouses to anger.
There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun insult, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. insult has developed meanings and uses in subjects including. military (early 1600s) animals (late 1600s) pathology (1900s)
to say or do something rude to someone and upset him or her: He annoyed me by insulting one of my friends. insulting. adjective. rude: an insulting remark. insult. noun. us / ˈɪnsʌlt/ something rude that you say or do to someone: They were shouting insults at each other.
Apr 3, 2024 · insult ( countable and uncountable, plural insults) ( uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; ( countable) a particular act or statement having this effect . ( countable) Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality ).
