INSULT

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".

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insult

Noun

  1. An action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude.
  2. Anything that causes offence/offense, e.g. by being of an unacceptable quality.
    The way the orchestra performed tonight was an insult to my ears.
  3. Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes.
  4. The act of leaping on; onset; attack.

Verb

  1. To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (over, against).
  2. To offend (someone) by being rude, insensitive or insolent; to demean or affront (someone).
  3. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.


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