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. Jeb Bush:

   You cannot insult your way to the presidency, you can't disparage women, Hispanics, disabled people. Who is he kidding?

2. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   The concept of fate is an open insult against man's willpower!

3. Wasserman Schultz:

   The use of the term 'low blow' or 'artful smear,' both were applied to the aftermath of a substantive discussion, which the Republicans have not engaged in in any of their debates, their debates have been insult-fests, in which they've mostly engaged in personal attacks.

4. Briton Duncan Scott:

   As far as I'm concerned, most of the time it's not necessary to shoot off at the mouth and respond every time, having got to this point, I shouldn't have to take this kind of insult and slander.

5. Felix Klein:

   The word Jew as an insult was not common when I went to school, now it is, and it's even an insult at schools where there are no Jewish students. That's a problem.

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