insult (verb)

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• insult — ► VERB ▪ speak to or treat with disrespect or abuse. ► NOUN 1) an insulting remark or action. 2) a thing so worthless or contemptible as to be offensive: the pay offer is an absolute insult. ORIGIN Latin insultare jump or trample on …   English terms dictionary

• insult — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ bad, grave, great, terrible ▪ one of the worst insults you can throw at somebody ▪ final, ultimate …   Collocations dictionary

• insult — verb (t) /ɪnˈsʌlt / (say in sult) 1. to treat insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront. –noun /ˈɪnsʌlt / (say insult) 2. an insolent or contemptuously rude action or speech; affront. 3. something having the effect of an affront. –phrase… …  

• insult — I noun abuse, affront, aspersion, atrocity, defamation, defilement, derision, diatribe, disparagement, enormity, impertinence, incivility, indignity, insolence, mockery, offense, offensive remark, open disrespect, outrage, provocation, rebuff,… …   Law dictionary

• insult — verb ɪn sʌlt speak to or treat with disrespect or abuse. noun ɪnsʌlt 1》 an insulting remark or action.     ↘a thing so worthless or contemptible as to be offensive: the pay offer is an absolute insult. 2》 Medicine an event which causes damage to… …   English new terms dictionary

• insult — insults, insulting, insulted (The verb is pronounced [[t]ɪnsʌ̱lt[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]ɪ̱nsʌlt[/t]].) 1) VERB If someone insults you, they say or do something that is rude or offensive. [V n] I did not mean to insult you... [V n]… …   English dictionary

• insult */ — I UK [ˈɪnsʌlt] / US [ˈɪnˌsʌlt] noun [countable] Word forms insult : singular insult plural insults a) an offensive remark throw/hurl insults at someone: He stormed off the pitch, hurling insults at the umpire. b) something that seems to show a… …   English dictionary

• insult — in|sult1 [ ın,sʌlt ] noun count * an offensive remark: throw/hurl insults at someone: He stormed off the field, hurling insults at the umpire. a. something that seems to show a lack of respect for someone or something: be an insult to: Such low… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• insult — 1 verb (T) to say or do something that is rude and offensive to someone: Nobody insults my family and gets away with it! | I hope Andy won t feel insulted if I turn down his invitation. | insult sb by doing sth: Please don t insult me by offering …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• insult — [ˈɪnsʌlt] noun [C] I 1) an offensive remark 2) something that seems to show a lack of respect for someone or something This exam is an insult to my students intelligence.[/ex] • add insult to injury to do something that makes a bad situation even …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• insult — [16] The sult of insult comes from a word that meant ‘jump’. Its source was Latin insultāre ‘jump on’, a compound verb based on saltāre ‘jump’. This was a derivative of salīre ‘jump’, source in one way or another of English assail, assault,… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins