deliberately insult someone

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• insult — in|sult1 [ınˈsʌlt] v [T] [Date: 1500 1600; : French; Origin: insulter, from Latin insultare to jump on, insult , from saltare to jump ] 1.) to offend someone by saying or doing something they think is rude ▪ Nobody insults my family and gets away …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• insult — 1. verb /ɪnˈsʌlt,ˈɪn.sʌlt/ To offend (someone) by being rude, insensitive or insolent; to demean or affront (someone). thou hast lost all, poor thou art, dejected, in pain of body, grief of mind, thine enemies insul …   Wiktionary

• cut someone dead — phrase to pretend not to see or recognize someone that you know, or to refuse to talk to them I shouted hello but she cut me dead. Thesaurus: to insult or offend someonesynonym to fail or refuse to communicate with someonesynonym Main entry: cut… …   Useful english dictionary

• abuse — 1 noun 1 (C, U) the use of something in a way that it should not be used (+ of): government officials abuse of power | open to abuse (=able or likely to be used in the wrong way): The city s metro system is open to abuse by fare dodgers. |… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• snub — [[t]snʌ̱b[/t]] snubs, snubbing, snubbed 1) VERB If you snub someone, you deliberately insult them by ignoring them or by behaving or speaking rudely towards them. [V n] He snubbed her in public and made her feel an idiot... [V n] They snubbed his …   English dictionary

• turn the other cheek — phrasal : to respond to injury or unkindness with patience : forgo retaliation * * * turn the other cheek see under ↑turn • • • Main Entry: ↑cheek turn the other cheek To accept harm, violence, etc without defending oneself • • • Main Entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

• Epithet — An epithet (from Greek ἐπίθετον epitheton , neut. of ἐπίθετος epithetos , attributed, added [ [http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0057%3Aentry%3D%2339438 Epithetos, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek… …   Wikipedia

• List of British words not widely used in the United States — Differences between American and British English American English …   Wikipedia

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• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• cut — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. incise, carve, dissect, slice, shave, trim, shape; separate, divide, split, sever; abridge, shorten, diminish, reduce, curtail; hurt, sting, wound, snub, ignore; reap, gather. See disjunction,… …   English dictionary for students