insultingn.
/ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/ Now rare except as gerund.
The action of insult v.:
a. Scornfully triumphing over another (obsolete or archaic), or treating him with contemptuous abuse; with plural a scornful boast, an insult.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > boasting scornfully or insultingly
insultationa1513
insultmenta1616
insulting1628
signifying1929
smack talking1990
the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [noun] > boasting scornfully or insultingly > scornful or insulting boasts
insulting1628
trash-talking1974
trash talk1981
smack talk1989
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [noun]
despite1297
conteckc1380
reproofa1382
contumelyc1386
villainya1400
cagment1504
injury?1518
mispersoning1522
opprobry1569
disgrace1592
baffling1602
affronting1611
insultance?1615
confronta1626
abusiveness1633
confrontmentc1635
baffle1647
insultancy1655
contumeliousness1657
disobliging1692
affrontingness1730
insultation1755
insulting1837
ranking1954
1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer ii. 1189 To reprove With proud insultings.
1660 J. Milton Readie Way Free Commonw. (ed. 2) 81 Let them but hear the insolencies, the menaces, the insultings of our newly animated common enemies.
1837 S. R. Maitland 12 Lett. (1841) 86 The incessant mocking, bantering, and insulting of the papists.
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b. Assaulting, attacking; an assault.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
insultingadj.
That insults (see the verb).
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > [adjective] > boasting scornfully or insultingly
insultinga1616
insultanta1633
signifying1947
trash-talking1975
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [adjective]
despitousa1340
despiteous14..
despitefula1450
contumelious1483
affrontous1598
opprobrious1599
disgraceful1605
abusive1608
reproofful1609
affrontive1659
affronting1725
affrontful?1740
insulting1855
insultant1866
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 117 Now am I like that prowd insulting Ship, Which Cæsar and his fortune bare at once. View more context for this quotation
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 122 Far from the Cows and Goats insulting Crew. View more context for this quotation
1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxx. 150 The captive wife of Alaric..was reduced to implore the mercy of the insulting foe.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. xx. 402 His enemies rejoiced with vindictive and insulting joy.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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