Definitions for insult
ɪnˈsʌlt; ˈɪn sʌltin·sult

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilificationnoun

   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. insult, affrontverb

   a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect

   "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"

3. diss, insult, affrontverb

   treat, mention, or speak to rudely

   "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"

GCIDE(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Insultnoun

   (Med., Biology) An injury to an organism; trauma; as, to produce an experimental insult to investigate healing processes.

   Etymology: [L. insultus, fr. insilire to leap upon: cf. F. insulte. See Insult, v. t.]

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. insultnoun

   An action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude.

   Etymology: insultare, ultimately from salire.

2. insultnoun

   Anything that causes offence/offense by being of an unacceptable quality.

   The way the orchestra performed tonight was an insult to my ears.

   Etymology: insultare, ultimately from salire.

3. insultnoun

   Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes.

   Etymology: insultare, ultimately from salire.

4. insultverb

   To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (over, against).

   Etymology: insultare, ultimately from salire.

5. insultverb

   To offend (someone) by being rude, insensitive or insolent; to demean or affront (someone).

   Etymology: insultare, ultimately from salire.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Insultverb

   the act of leaping on; onset; attack

   Etymology: [L. insultus, fr. insilire to leap upon: cf. F. insulte. See Insult, v. t.]

2. Insultverb

   gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity

   Etymology: [L. insultus, fr. insilire to leap upon: cf. F. insulte. See Insult, v. t.]

3. Insultverb

   to leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon

   Etymology: [L. insultus, fr. insilire to leap upon: cf. F. insulte. See Insult, v. t.]

4. Insultverb

   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

   Etymology: [L. insultus, fr. insilire to leap upon: cf. F. insulte. See Insult, v. t.]

5. Insultverb

   to leap or jump

   Etymology: [L. insultus, fr. insilire to leap upon: cf. F. insulte. See Insult, v. t.]

6. Insultverb

   to behave with insolence; to exult

   Etymology: [L. insultus, fr. insilire to leap upon: cf. F. insulte. See Insult, v. t.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Insult

   An insult is an expression, statement which is considered degrading, offensive and impolite. Insults may be intentional or accidental. An insult may be factual, but at the same time pejorative, such as the word "inbred".

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Insult

   in-sult′, v.t. to treat with indignity or contempt: to abuse: to affront.—n. (in′sult) abuse: affront: contumely.—adjs. Insult′able, capable of being insulted; Insult′ant (rare), insulting.—n. Insult′er (obs.), one who makes an attack.—adj. Insult′ing, conveying insult: insolent: contemptuous.—adv. Insult′ingly, in an insulting or insolent manner.—n. Insult′ment (Shak.), insult. [Fr.,—L. insultāre—insilīre, to spring at—in, upon, salīre, to leap.]

Matched Categories

1. • Disrespect

Anagrams for insult »

1. sunlit

2. unlist

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1. Alex

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of insult in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of insult in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of insult in a Sentence

1. Vernon Unsworth:

   My insult was to the tube and not to Elon Musk personally, my opinion is it was a PR stunt.

2. Roseanne Barr:

   It wasn't enough to just do what they did to me, they had to so cruelly insult the people who loved that family and that show.

3. Both Bee and TBS:

   It is a word I have used on the show many times, hoping to reclaim it, this time, I used it as an insult. I crossed a line. I regret it and I do apologize. She continued :.

4. Jenny Bertolette:

   This is gonna take a huge effort on the Hill in the next weeks and months to really advocate for our program, this budget would add insult to injury.

5. The Pope:

   It's normal, it's normal. One cannot provoke, one cannot insult other people's faith, one cannot make fun of faith.

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