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1 insult
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2 affront
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3 smart
1. adjective1) (neat and well-dressed; fashionable: You're looking very smart today; a smart suit.) elegant2) (clever and quick in thought and action: We need a smart boy to help in the shop; I don't trust some of those smart salesmen.) inteligent3) (brisk; sharp: She gave him a smart slap on the cheek.) iute, rapid2. verb1) ((of part of the body) to be affected by a sharp stinging feeling: The thick smoke made his eyes smart.) a irita2) (to feel annoyed, resentful etc after being insulted etc: He is still smarting from your remarks.) a fi rănit3. noun(the stinging feeling left by a blow or the resentful feeling left by an insult: He could still feel the smart of her slap/insult.) durere usturătoare- smarten- smartly
- smartness
- smart bomb
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4 snub
1. past tense, past participle - snubbed; verb(to treat, or speak to, in a cold, scornful way; to insult: He snubbed me by not replying to my question.) a umili2. noun(an act of snubbing; an insult.) mustrare3. adjective((of the nose) short and slightly turned up at the end: a snub nose.) cârn -
5 abuse
1. [ə'bju:z] verb1) (to use wrongly, usually with harmful results: She abused her privileges by taking too long a holiday.) a abuza (de)2) (to insult or speak roughly to: She abused the servants.) a înjura; a insulta2. [ə'bju:s] noun1) (insulting language: He shouted abuse at her.) insultă, injurie2) (the wrong use of something: This toy has been subjected to a lot of abuse.) utilizare greşită•- abusive- abusively
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6 outrage
1. noun(a wicked act, especially of great violence: the outrages committed by the soldiers; The decision to close the road is a public outrage.) atrocitate; scandal2. verb(to hurt, shock or insult: She was outraged by his behaviour.) a jigni- outrageously
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7 retaliate
[rə'tælieit](to do something unpleasant to a person in return for something unpleasant he has done to one: If you insult him, he will retaliate.) a plăti cu aceeaşi monedă (cuiva) -
8 swallow
I 1. ['swoləu] verb1) (to allow to pass down the throat to the stomach: Try to swallow the pill; His throat was so painful that he could hardly swallow.) a înghiţi2) (to accept (eg a lie or insult) without question or protest: You'll never get her to swallow that story!) a înghiţi2. noun(an act of swallowing.) înghiţitură, deglutiţie- swallow up II ['swoləu] noun(a type of insect-eating bird with long wings and a divided tail.) rândunică -
9 wrong
[roŋ] 1. adjective1) (having an error or mistake(s); incorrect: The child gave the wrong answer; We went in the wrong direction.) greşit2) (incorrect in one's answer(s), opinion(s) etc; mistaken: I thought Singapore was south of the Equator, but I was quite wrong.) incorect3) (not good, not morally correct etc: It is wrong to steal.) rău4) (not suitable: He's the wrong man for the job.) nepotrivit5) (not right; not normal: There's something wrong with this engine; What's wrong with that child - why is she crying?) în neregulă2. adverb(incorrectly: I think I may have spelt her name wrong.) incorect3. noun(that which is not morally correct: He does not know right from wrong.) rău4. verb(to insult or hurt unjustly: You wrong me by suggesting that I'm lying.) a jigni pe nedrept- wrongful- wrongfully
- wrongfulness
- wrongly
- wrongdoer
- wrongdoing
- do someone wrong
- do wrong
- do wrong
- go wrong
- in the wrong
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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