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1. (v.t.) insult
to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
2. insult
to affect as an affront; offend or demean.
3. insult
Archaic. to attack; assault.
4. (v.i.) insult
Archaic. to behave with insolent triumph; exult contemptuously.
5. (n.) insult
an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
6. insult
something having the effect of an affront:
That book is an insult to one's intelligence.
7. insult
Med.
8. insult
an injury or trauma.
9. insult
an agent that inflicts this.
10. insult
Archaic. an attack or assault.
Etymology: (1560–70; < L insultāre to jump on, mock =in-in-2+-sultāre, comb. form of saltāre to jump; see saltant)
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| Definition of 'insult' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification
a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
"when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team"
2. (verb) insult, affront
a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
"turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"
3. (verb) diss, insult, affront
treat, mention, or speak to rudely
"He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"
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1. (noun) insult
an offensive remark or action
The opposing team shouted insults at the players.; My refusal was taken as an insult to her family.
2. (verb) insult
to say or do sth that offends
Don't insult my friends!; I was insulted by the low salary they offered.
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| Definition of 'insult' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (verb) insult
the act of leaping on; onset; attack
2. (verb) insult
gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity
3. (verb) insult
to leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon
4. (verb) insult
to treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him
5. (verb) insult
to leap or jump
6. (verb) insult
to behave with insolence; to exult
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Sense: to treat (a person) rudely or contemptuously
He insulted her by telling her she was not only ugly but stupid too.
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 Afrikaans: beledig |
 Arabic: يُهين، يَشْتُم |
 Bulgarian: оскърбявам |
 Brazilian: insultar |
 Czech: urazit |
 German: beleidigen |
 Danish: fornærme; håne |
 Greek: προσβάλλω |
 Spanish: insultar |
 Estonian: solvama |
 Farsi: توهین کردن |
 Finnish: loukata |
 French: insulter |
 Hebrew: לְהַעֲלִיב |
 Hindi: अपमान करना |
 Croatian: vrijeđati |
 Hungarian: megsért |
 Indonesian: menghina |
 Icelandic: móðga |
 Italian: insultare |
 Japanese: 侮辱する |
 Korean: 모욕하다 |
 Lithuanian: įžeisti |
 Latvian: apvainot; aizvainot |
 Malay: menghina |
 Dutch: beledigen |
 Norwegian: fornærme, krenke, håne |
 Polish: znieważyć |
 Persian: توهین کردن |
 Pashto: سپكول، ښكنځل، رټل، توهين |
 Portuguese: insultar |
 Romanian: a insulta, a jigni |
 Russian: оскорблять |
 Slovak: uraziť |
 Slovenian: žaliti |
 Serbian: uvrediti |
 Swedish: förolämpa |
 Thai: พูดแดกดัน |
 Turkish: hakaret etmek |
 Taiwanese: 侮辱 |
 Ukrainian: ображати |
 Urdu: توہین کرنا |
 Vietnamese: xúc phạm |
 Chinese: 侮辱 |
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