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Definition of insult in English: insultverb ɪnˈsʌltɪnˈsəlt [with object]Speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse. you're insulting the woman I love Example sentencesExamples - It is the first time in years that someone has been taken to court and penalised for insulting the monarch.
- The players are insulting the hard work put in to keep the club alive.
- It was the cruel and insulting nature of that particular rant that so annoyed me.
- He insulted me and repeatedly pushed my shoulder, hoping to goad me into hitting him.
- Not only are they taking money out of our pockets but they are insulting us.
- Lists are just a cheap, uninspired and valueless way of filling column inches and insulting readers.
- Howard has been not only honest but clever in not insulting voters with tricky talk.
- He said he became angry after his girlfriend was insulted by the two accused men.
- When villagers tried to put the cones back, they were insulted by some motorists.
- As a statement of defiance, it was more effective than insulting a head of state.
- I'm not big on censorship and I will only delete a posting if it contains insulting language.
- Carl is insulted, humiliated and ignored on a regular basis and yet keeps coming back for more.
- They were also said to be regularly insulted and physically abused by the owners.
- Well the nation has had to put up with weeks of its intelligence being insulted by those who claimed we were wrong to act.
- They have insulted our war dead and probably do not even realise it.
- Try having people insulting you every single day, and tell me how long you can last?
- So is there any hope that the broadcasters will stop insulting our intelligence?
- My problem is with stupid, ignorant and insulting queries like the one posed above.
- Political violence is often a resentful backlash to a group's sense of being insulted or humiliated.
- I wonder what sort of business he's involved with, if he doesn't need to worry about insulting women?
- Eileen Murphy, who has lived there nine years, said people were fuming and insulted by the slur.
- It insulted his intelligence and made him wonder why he went to college in the first place.
Synonyms offend, give/cause offence to, affront, abuse, be rude to, call someone names, slight, disparage, discredit, libel, slander, malign, defame, denigrate, cast aspersions on, impugn, slur, revile, calumniate hurt, hurt someone's feelings, mortify, humiliate, wound snub, rebuff, spurn, shun, treat disrespectfully, ignore, cut dead, give someone the cold-shoulder, turn one's back on informal bad-mouth British informal slag off North American informal trash-talk Australian informal sledge rare asperse, derogate, miscall abusive, rude, vulgar, offensive, wounding, mortifying, humiliating, disparaging, belittling, derogatory, depreciating, deprecatory, disrespectful, denigratory, uncomplimentary, pejorative, vituperative disdainful, derisive, scornful, contemptuous defamatory, slanderous, libellous, scurrilous, blasphemous, discrediting informal bitchy, catty archaic contumelious
noun ˈɪnsʌltɪnˈsəlt 1A disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or act. he saw the book as a deliberate insult to the Church Example sentencesExamples - My remarks were not an insult to decent youths or their parents.
- The arch tastemaker meant it as a compliment, but barbed remarks and outright insults have dogged her throughout her career.
- This was a blatant insult to Russia and an affront to the whole free world.
- Problems included loud music, out-of-control dogs, residents being assaulted and abuse and insults hurled at people in the street.
- This is the crowning insult to a lifetime of perceived slights and insults, which exist nowhere but in his head.
- The implication that parenting under pressure is an invitation to abuse is an insult to the integrity of millions of hardworking mums and dads.
- The conduct that has come to light is an insult to the people, and an affront to the most basic standards of morality and decency.
- A string of vitriolic insults were hurled at the referee who should have at least administered a yellow card for diving if he felt a penalty was the wrong decision.
- You know your comment about there being more jobs in America then ever is a real stupid remark and an insult to hourly workers of America.
- I strongly feel that what has been written about him in your paper is a slur on his character and an insult to his profession, and that you should apologise to him in writing.
- With respect, this remark is an insult to the intelligence of your readers.
- It is an insult to the primary producers of this region to be snubbed by any Minister, let alone one who supposedly represents their industry.
- He's been a never-ending source of insults and putdowns, to keep the hecklers at bay and the fans in stitches.
- As she said this, she glared at John-Paul, as if her remarks were an insult.
- It is tempting to refuse to answer those who have nothing to contribute but rude remarks, insults, and attempts to accuse others of things never said.
- The Vietnamese perceived this disrespect as an insult to the entire village.
- The man came around from his counter and began yelling insults at me.
- It's grossly invasive and humiliating, an insult to the dignity of any person.
- With Australian spies among their number, they face a season-long barrage of insults and sly remarks if the world champions add the Captain Cook Cup to their trophy haul.
- Many took his remarks as a racial insult.
Synonyms abusive remark, jibe, affront, slight, snub, barb, slur, backhanded compliment, injury, libel, slander, defamation, abuse, disparagement, depreciation, impugnment, revilement, humiliation, indignity, insolence, rudeness aspersions informal dig, put-down, slap in the face, kick in the teeth Australian informal sledge archaic contumely - 1.1 A thing so worthless or contemptible as to be offensive.
the present offer is an absolute insult Example sentencesExamples - He said the charity's grant was an insult to his mother, who had tirelessly raised funds for it before her death.
- The latest insult to local councillors is the plan to deprive them of any say in the health of the nation.
- The distraught parents of Adele, who died last year, said the fine was an ‘absolute insult to us and to the memory of Adele’.
- A teabag is an insult to tea connoisseurs.
- The present old age pension compared to today's average wage is an unforgivable insult and an absolute disgrace.
- If you are going to have nurses on call, the pay is an insult.
- This Minister has introduced a bill that is an absolute insult to the cause he should be serving.
- As one steward said, ‘The offer is an insult.’
- They have now been offered a 1 percent rise to pay for the additional costs, and that is a total and an absolute insult.
- The policy was an affront to our values and a needless insult to our friends.
- That is, in my view, an absolute insult, given the importance of this legislation.
- But, of course, that is completely untrue, and, in the context of this bill, an absolute insult.
- What an insult to every mother in the country that Budget was!
2Medicine
An event which causes damage to a tissue or organ. the movement of the bone causes a severe tissue insult Example sentencesExamples - Any insult to this tissue in the future will not be endured in the same manner as normal tissue, resulting in cancer.
- As the physiologic insults to each organ system accumulated, the outcome for this patient became worrisome.
- Tissues exposed to one insult can develop tolerance to a subsequent injury.
- Although a second traumatic event may serve as abreaction or a cure for some dissociative amnesic states, this seems unlikely in the event of two severe neurological insults.
- For this reason, various environmental insults that damage intestinal tissues also lower the levels of lactase.
Phrases Act in a way that makes a bad situation worse. to ask our members to accept a pay cut adds insult to injury Example sentencesExamples - It is already hard enough to sit in a traffic jam without Begg wishing to add insult to injury by asking motorists to pay extra for the inconvenience.
- Adding insult to injury, the banks have the gall to say that consumers are to blame.
- The fact that nobody has accepted responsibility for this adds insult to injury.
- Adding insult to the injury, it appears that not only is Red incapable of singing, he also apparently can't speak English.
- And it's not just the money - bad pay just adds insult to injury.
- This latest £4 million loss just adds insult to injury.
- To add insult to injury, the transport authority also attempts to increase bus fares and eliminate the monthly pass.
- The site should be reopened, the hoarding is appalling and adds insult to injury.
- Mixing your drinks adds insult to injury and increases the amount of toxins you have to cope with.
- For Scarlett himself, the architect of that mistrust, to be promoted into the top job merely adds insult to injury.
insult someone's intelligence Treat someone as less intelligent than they are. the film starts insulting my intelligence and asking me to ignore obvious flaws in logic
an insult to someone's intelligence Something too simple or basic for someone. he viewed the article as an insult to his intelligence Example sentencesExamples - This play is a criminal waste of two great talents and, if I may say so, an insult to the intelligence of the audience.
- He found the party's drama an insult to his intelligence.
- It's an insult to my intelligence to think I won't question why there have been hundreds of unanswered murders prior to his mother, yet the folks assume it must be the otherwise harmless son.
- Commercials may be crass, loud, an insult to our intelligence.
- This abomination is an insult to taxpayers' intelligence, and why we have put up with this nonsense is mystifying.
- When so-called scary family movies play it safe, it seems less like a thrill ride and more like an insult to kids' intelligence.
- To suggest adverse statistics are a sign of success, rather than failure, is an insult to our intelligence.
- This piece of implausible tripe is an insult to the intelligence of even the most brain dead of Sunday night viewers.
- This is an insult to the intelligence of his readers.
- It would be an insult to his intelligence to suggest that he doesn't know this much.
Derivatives noun The one thing that's constant is the fact that, in our analyses, both the hypothetical insulters and our actual glossers are using the word. Example sentencesExamples - Agreed, and I must include myself in that category of petty insulters.
- If you deflect it with humor, you allow the insulter to see how juvenile such commentary can be.
- The experience has provided the company with a quick lesson in the tricky world of chasing online insulters.
- Now angrier than ever, the mob learns that the son-in-law of Foulon - ‘another of the people's enemies and insulters’ - is coming into Paris with a cavalry of 500.
Origin Mid 16th century (as a verb in the sense 'exult, act arrogantly'): from Latin insultare 'jump or trample on', from in- 'on' + saltare, from salire 'to leap'. The noun (in the early 17th century denoting an attack) is from French insulte or ecclesiastical Latin insultus. The main current senses date from the 17th century, the medical use dating from the early 20th century. An insult was originally an attack or assault, especially a military one. Sir Walter Scott (1771–1832) in his poem Marmion wrote: ‘Many a rude tower and rampart there / Repelled the insult of the air.’ The word goes back to Latin insultare ‘to jump or leap upon’. The phrase to add insult to injury comes from the 1748 play The Foundling by Edmund Moore.
Rhymes consult, cult, exult, indult, penult, result, ult Definition of insult in US English: insultverbɪnˈsəltinˈsəlt [with object]Speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse. you're insulting the woman I love Example sentencesExamples - It insulted his intelligence and made him wonder why he went to college in the first place.
- My problem is with stupid, ignorant and insulting queries like the one posed above.
- I'm not big on censorship and I will only delete a posting if it contains insulting language.
- I wonder what sort of business he's involved with, if he doesn't need to worry about insulting women?
- So is there any hope that the broadcasters will stop insulting our intelligence?
- They were also said to be regularly insulted and physically abused by the owners.
- Eileen Murphy, who has lived there nine years, said people were fuming and insulted by the slur.
- Political violence is often a resentful backlash to a group's sense of being insulted or humiliated.
- It is the first time in years that someone has been taken to court and penalised for insulting the monarch.
- Try having people insulting you every single day, and tell me how long you can last?
- As a statement of defiance, it was more effective than insulting a head of state.
- Lists are just a cheap, uninspired and valueless way of filling column inches and insulting readers.
- The players are insulting the hard work put in to keep the club alive.
- He said he became angry after his girlfriend was insulted by the two accused men.
- When villagers tried to put the cones back, they were insulted by some motorists.
- He insulted me and repeatedly pushed my shoulder, hoping to goad me into hitting him.
- Howard has been not only honest but clever in not insulting voters with tricky talk.
- Well the nation has had to put up with weeks of its intelligence being insulted by those who claimed we were wrong to act.
- It was the cruel and insulting nature of that particular rant that so annoyed me.
- They have insulted our war dead and probably do not even realise it.
- Carl is insulted, humiliated and ignored on a regular basis and yet keeps coming back for more.
- Not only are they taking money out of our pockets but they are insulting us.
Synonyms offend, cause offence to, give offence to, affront, abuse, be rude to, call someone names, slight, disparage, discredit, libel, slander, malign, defame, denigrate, cast aspersions on, impugn, slur, revile, calumniate abusive, rude, vulgar, offensive, wounding, mortifying, humiliating, disparaging, belittling, derogatory, depreciating, deprecatory, disrespectful, denigratory, uncomplimentary, pejorative, vituperative
nounɪnˈsəltinˈsəlt 1A disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or action. he saw the book as a deliberate insult to the Church Example sentencesExamples - With Australian spies among their number, they face a season-long barrage of insults and sly remarks if the world champions add the Captain Cook Cup to their trophy haul.
- With respect, this remark is an insult to the intelligence of your readers.
- This is the crowning insult to a lifetime of perceived slights and insults, which exist nowhere but in his head.
- He's been a never-ending source of insults and putdowns, to keep the hecklers at bay and the fans in stitches.
- I strongly feel that what has been written about him in your paper is a slur on his character and an insult to his profession, and that you should apologise to him in writing.
- The conduct that has come to light is an insult to the people, and an affront to the most basic standards of morality and decency.
- The implication that parenting under pressure is an invitation to abuse is an insult to the integrity of millions of hardworking mums and dads.
- It is tempting to refuse to answer those who have nothing to contribute but rude remarks, insults, and attempts to accuse others of things never said.
- Problems included loud music, out-of-control dogs, residents being assaulted and abuse and insults hurled at people in the street.
- This was a blatant insult to Russia and an affront to the whole free world.
- A string of vitriolic insults were hurled at the referee who should have at least administered a yellow card for diving if he felt a penalty was the wrong decision.
- The man came around from his counter and began yelling insults at me.
- The arch tastemaker meant it as a compliment, but barbed remarks and outright insults have dogged her throughout her career.
- As she said this, she glared at John-Paul, as if her remarks were an insult.
- It's grossly invasive and humiliating, an insult to the dignity of any person.
- Many took his remarks as a racial insult.
- You know your comment about there being more jobs in America then ever is a real stupid remark and an insult to hourly workers of America.
- It is an insult to the primary producers of this region to be snubbed by any Minister, let alone one who supposedly represents their industry.
- The Vietnamese perceived this disrespect as an insult to the entire village.
- My remarks were not an insult to decent youths or their parents.
Synonyms abusive remark, jibe, affront, slight, snub, barb, slur, backhanded compliment, injury, libel, slander, defamation, abuse, disparagement, depreciation, impugnment, revilement, humiliation, indignity, insolence, rudeness - 1.1 A thing so worthless or contemptible as to be offensive.
the present offer is an absolute insult Example sentencesExamples - The distraught parents of Adele, who died last year, said the fine was an ‘absolute insult to us and to the memory of Adele’.
- The latest insult to local councillors is the plan to deprive them of any say in the health of the nation.
- If you are going to have nurses on call, the pay is an insult.
- They have now been offered a 1 percent rise to pay for the additional costs, and that is a total and an absolute insult.
- This Minister has introduced a bill that is an absolute insult to the cause he should be serving.
- The policy was an affront to our values and a needless insult to our friends.
- What an insult to every mother in the country that Budget was!
- A teabag is an insult to tea connoisseurs.
- He said the charity's grant was an insult to his mother, who had tirelessly raised funds for it before her death.
- That is, in my view, an absolute insult, given the importance of this legislation.
- But, of course, that is completely untrue, and, in the context of this bill, an absolute insult.
- As one steward said, ‘The offer is an insult.’
- The present old age pension compared to today's average wage is an unforgivable insult and an absolute disgrace.
2Medicine
An event or occurrence that causes damage to a tissue or organ. the movement of the bone causes a severe tissue insult Example sentencesExamples - For this reason, various environmental insults that damage intestinal tissues also lower the levels of lactase.
- Tissues exposed to one insult can develop tolerance to a subsequent injury.
- Any insult to this tissue in the future will not be endured in the same manner as normal tissue, resulting in cancer.
- Although a second traumatic event may serve as abreaction or a cure for some dissociative amnesic states, this seems unlikely in the event of two severe neurological insults.
- As the physiologic insults to each organ system accumulated, the outcome for this patient became worrisome.
Phrases Act in a way that makes a bad or displeasing situation worse. Example sentencesExamples - The fact that nobody has accepted responsibility for this adds insult to injury.
- Mixing your drinks adds insult to injury and increases the amount of toxins you have to cope with.
- It is already hard enough to sit in a traffic jam without Begg wishing to add insult to injury by asking motorists to pay extra for the inconvenience.
- To add insult to injury, the transport authority also attempts to increase bus fares and eliminate the monthly pass.
- The site should be reopened, the hoarding is appalling and adds insult to injury.
- Adding insult to injury, the banks have the gall to say that consumers are to blame.
- This latest £4 million loss just adds insult to injury.
- Adding insult to the injury, it appears that not only is Red incapable of singing, he also apparently can't speak English.
- For Scarlett himself, the architect of that mistrust, to be promoted into the top job merely adds insult to injury.
- And it's not just the money - bad pay just adds insult to injury.
Origin Mid 16th century (as a verb in the sense ‘exult, act arrogantly’): from Latin insultare ‘jump or trample on’, from in- ‘on’ + saltare, from salire ‘to leap’. The noun (in the early 17th century denoting an attack) is from French insulte or ecclesiastical Latin insultus. The main current senses date from the 17th century, the medical use dating from the early 20th century. |