What does insulting mean?

Definitions for insulting
in·sult·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornfuladjective

    expressing extreme contempt

Wiktionary

  1. insultingadjective

    Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.

    He received an insulting letter.

Wikipedia

  1. insulting

    An insult is an expression or statement (or sometimes behavior) which is disrespectful or scornful. Insults may be intentional or accidental. An insult may be factual, but at the same time pejorative, such as the word "inbred".

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  1. insulting

    Insulting refers to the act of disrespecting, offending, or belittling someone through words or actions, having an intention to hurt their feelings, or showing a lack of regard or consideration for their self-esteem or dignity. It can also involve expressing contempt, rudeness or derision towards someone.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Insulting

    of Insult

  2. Insultingadjective

    containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of insulting in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of insulting in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of insulting in a Sentence

  1. Marco Arment:

    But to bully and gaslight developers into thinking that we need to be kissing Apple's feet for permitting us to add billions of dollars of value to their platform is not only greedy, stingy, and morally reprehensible, but deeply insulting.

  2. Samantha Cohen:

    And I was desensitized to men making creepy comments about me, but I was not desensitized to someone blatantly insulting and degrading my father in front of me, someone who I looked up to and loved very much, and that was very upsetting to me.

  3. Duy Nguyen:

    It is insulting to our Asian culture to call me that, and it comes across as racist, and it's shocking cause Mary should be more educated and understand it's not appropriate to say stuff like that.

  4. Pat Fallon:

    Gary O’Connor’s comment against Senator Tim Scott is abhorrent, insulting, and unforgivable. Both he and the entire Lamar County Democratic Party should be ashamed of this racist behavior.

  5. Anthony Lorenzo Green:

    It's so, so insulting to racial justice activists that have been bringing attention to Black lives that have been lost, the way they chose to secure the Capitol was to let everybody go -- they let these people back on our streets.

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