Definitions for insult
ɪnˈsʌlt; ˈɪn sʌltin·sult

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

1. abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification(noun)

   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, affront(verb)

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

   "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"

3. diss, insult, affront(verb)

   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. Insult(n.)

   (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. insult(Noun)

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

   Etymology: insultare, ultimately from salire.

2. insult(Noun)

   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. insult(Noun)

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

   Etymology: insultare, ultimately from salire.

4. insult(Verb)

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

   Etymology: insultare, ultimately from salire.

5. insult(Verb)

   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. Insult(verb)

   the act of leaping on; onset; attack

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

2. Insult(verb)

   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. Insult(verb)

   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. Insult(verb)

   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. Insult(verb)

   to leap or jump

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

6. Insult(verb)

   to behave with insolence; to exult

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

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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.]

Anagrams for insult »

1. sunlit

2. unlist

How to pronounce insult?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Frank Bainimarama:

   The Chinese don't insult us, they don't go down and tell the world that we've given this much money to the Pacific islands. They don't do that. They're good people, definitely better than Morrison.

2. Ehsan Sehgal:

   It is the rape of the law, and the insult of justice, if a criminal has the right to punish another figure, whether that's criminal or not.

3. Ohio Gov. John Kasich:

   When you attack Hispanics, when you characterize all Muslims in a negative way, when you insult women, we don't think that that's good, we think, at this point in time more than any other time, we need to have America united, and we need to have an American president that's going to unite us and not divide us.

4. Mario Diaz-Balart:

   President Obama's actions are an unconscionable betrayal of America's fundamental values and a profound insult to the oppressed Cuban people.

5. Jeremy Slone:

   Unfortunately she has no reserves in the event she suffers an insult to her remaining half kidney from medication, severe dehydration or another cause.

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