| 单词 | to add insult to injury |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto add insult to injury 2. An act, or the action, of insulting (in sense 1 or 2a of vb.); injuriously contemptuous speech or behaviour; scornful utterance or action intended to wound self-respect; an affront, indignity, outrage. Frequently in to add insult to injury. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [noun] > an insult bismer971 unworshipc1200 hard wordc1225 despite1297 dishonourc1320 conteckc1380 reproofa1382 filthc1400 rebukec1425 contumelyc1450 probrec1460 reproacha1513 abusion1570 disgrace1586 affront1588 mockery1603 disobligement1635 disobligation1655 contumelacy1657 insult1671 humps and grumps1727 foul-mouthing1821 mudball1846 slam1884 burn1942 a kick in the teeth1972 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > insult > [verb (intransitive)] to add insult to injury1748 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd iii. 190 Try'd in humble state..By tribulations, injuries, insults, Contempts, and scorns, and snares, and violence. View more context for this quotation a1743 R. Savage London & Bristol Compar'd (1744) 5 The ruthless Sneer, that Insult adds to Grief. 1748 E. Moore Foundling v. v. 60 This is adding Insult to Injuries. 1751 Earl of Orrery Remarks Swift (1752) 121 The voyage to the Houyhnhnms is a real insult upon mankind. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) I. xii. 75 They did not dare to offer a direct insult to their understanding. 1805 Deb. Congr. U.S. 31 Jan. (1852) 1072 It was adding insult to injury, and expenses to both, as it regarded the claimants. 1807 Deb. Congr. U.S. 18 Nov. (1852) 933 Were the laws of a free and respectable State to be evaded by such shameful expedients as these? This was adding insult to injury. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) ii. i. 37 'Twas a gross insult. 1853 H. T. Riley tr. Phædrus Fables 429 You wanted to revenge the sting of a tiny insect with death; what will you do to yourself who have added insult to injury? 1874 J. R. Green Short Hist. Eng. People vii. §8. 433 The young prince who..plucked them in insult by the beard. 1876 E. Mellor Priesthood viii. 364 To talk of ‘orders’ without ‘fitness’ in a spiritual kingdom is an insult both to God and man. 1928 A. Huxley Point Counter Point ix. 155 It shocked him that one should lie in bed while other people were up and working. To get up late was somehow to add insult to injury. 1970 B. Spock Decent & Indecent 19 The behavioural sciences then added insult to injury. Psychologists have given man the impression that he responds like a laboratory rat. 1972 Times 12 Dec. 22/7 They submitted defective contracts, made arithmetical errors adding up to several thousand pounds and, to add insult to injury, charged their fees on the wrong and higher scale. < as lemmas |
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