to insult
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2.1
- verb
- /ɪnˈsʌlt/
- Offensive
:
insultar
- I cannot believe you would insult me in front of everyone.
- insult someone
- feel insulted
- insult each other
It's terrible that I was insulted in this way.
- It's terrible that I was insulted in this way.
- But the person who was insulted oh thanked me.
- And by not getting up, he insulted the senators and insulted their Dignitas.
- It's never good to be hurt and insulted and manipulated and shamed.
- You've done a good bit of stuff about men insulting intimate partners.
- The people who did this did not do this to insult Churchill.
- I mean, let me say on camera, I don't want to insult Tom Cruise in any way.
- You know, I'm, I'm feeling so, so insulted right now.
- But the fact is, is that you're now reduced to insulting the people who voted for him.
- And Oh my God, he was insulted.
- So if somebody insults you, so here's one turn around.
Examples
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Now you really insulted me.
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I know you all come from places much richer and more sophisticated than here, so I hope my gifts don't insult you with their simplicity.
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Ah, please do not insult me.
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And then you insult us?
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But it's not good business to insult the #1 female star in the country.
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You think you can cheat me, insult me, rob me.
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I came to do business, not to be insulted by you.
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Every time you insult and belittle Francis, you hurt me.
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You have accomplished the feat of insulting the entire police department.
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Okay, now you're insulting me.
Synonyms
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4.2
To say rude or insulting words to someone to hurt them
93
5.8
To mock someone again and again to make them angry or upset
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8.4
To speak rudely to someone to show no respect, often in public
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6.8
To make someone feel less respected or important
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7.7
To speak badly about someone or something to show little respect
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8.2
To say angry, insulting things about someone or something
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5.5
Causing someone to feel ashamed and less respected
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7.1
To insult someone openly or show no respect
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8.6
To speak rudely to someone
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8.4
Say or do things that make someone seem less respected
Showing little respect and trying to make someone feel unimportant
Showing that someone or something has little value
To show disrespect to someone by making them feel unimportant
Idioms
- Informal
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4.5
To make a bad situation worse by saying or doing something that hurts someone more
Compounds
- Informal
A joke people who know each other well say to tease without meaning harm
How Offensive
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word insult as a verb comes from Latin in- 'on' and saltare 'to leap', and it originally meant to 'jump on' or attack; you can see the same idea in the word assault. So to insult someone today is to attack them with words or rude behaviour.