insultnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɪn.sʌlt/us/ˈɪn.sʌlt/B2 an offensive remark or action:
She made several insults about my appearance.
The steelworkers' leader rejected the two percent pay rise saying it was an insult to the profession.
The instructions are so easy they are an insult to your intelligence (= they seem to suggest you are not clever if you need to use them).
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Insults & abuse
- arse-licker
- asshole
- be close to the bone idiom
- brickbat
- cut (sb) to the quick idiom
- denigrate
- fuck
- fuck you/them/it idiom
- give someone a mouthful idiom
- mouth
- mouthful
- name-calling
- score
- shit
- sledging
- snowflake
- stick
- take sb's name in vain idiom
- trifle
- trifle with sb/sth
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insultverb [ T ]
uk/ɪnˈsʌlt/us/ɪnˈsʌlt/B2 to say or do something to someone that is rude or offensive:
First he drank all my wine and then he insulted all my friends.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Insults & abuse
- arse-licker
- asshole
- be close to the bone idiom
- brickbat
- cut (sb) to the quick idiom
- denigrate
- fuck
- fuck you/them/it idiom
- give someone a mouthful idiom
- mouth
- mouthful
- name-calling
- score
- shit
- sledging
- snowflake
- stick
- take sb's name in vain idiom
- trifle
- trifle with sb/sth
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