insultern.
/ɪnˈsʌltə/, U.S. /ᵻnˈsəltər/ One who insults, in various senses: see the verb.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > boasting scornfully or insultingly > person
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [noun] > one who insults
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1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Diiijv Her lips are conquerers, his lips obay, Paying what ransome the insulter willeth. View more context for this quotation
1714 N. Rowe Jane Shore 1 Man, the merciless Insulter..who rejoices in our sex's weakness.
1750 W. Warburton Doctr. Grace Pref. The Defender of Religion should not imitate the insulter of it in his modes of disputation.
1889 R. L. Stevenson Master of Ballantrae iv. 111 How was he to smile back on the deceiver and the insulter?
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