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| part of speech: |
verb |
| pronunciation: |
ihn
suhlt
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| inflections: |
insults, insulting, insulted |
| definition: |
When someone insults you, they say or do something that hurts your pride or your feelings.
Connor insulted Randy when he said that Randy was stupid.When the other girls made comments about her clothes, they insulted Abby.- antonyms:
- compliment
- similar words:
- abuse, offend, slight
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| related words: |
wound |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| pronunciation: |
In
suhlt
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| definition: |
An insult is a rude or unkind comment or action that hurts another person's pride or feelings, or something that makes someone feel as if they have received an action or comment like this.
The two boys threw insults at each other, and then they started to fight.He felt it was an insult that the other man didn't shake hands with him.- synonyms:
- barb
- antonyms:
- compliment
- similar words:
- dig, offense, wound
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| derivations: |
insultingly (adv.), insulter (n.) |
Insult comes from a Latin word that means "to leap at" or leap upon." By the 1600s, it had come to mean "to treat with scorn and abuse." Today, an insult is an assault that uses words, not the body.