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Meanings of insult in English

Portuguese
injúria
Catalan
insult
Spanish
insulto

A rude expression intended to offend or hurt.

        injúria
        Russian
        камень преткновения
        Portuguese
        pejorativo
        Catalan
        insult
        Spanish
        insultar

        Expression, statement (or sometimes behavior) which is disrespectful or scornful.

              Related terms
              камень преткновения
              Synonyms
              Examples for "insults"
              Examples for "insults"
              1
              It insults us because western Europe again and again sets new dates.
              The Irish Times
              2
              The citizens, however, are not convinced, and continue to hurl anti-Semitic insults.
              The Irish Times
              3
              As a result, their insults are often witty, literary and highly intelligent.
              Wired
              4
              But if it was a military problem-outcame one of the insults.
              The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke
              5
              The first presidential debate on 30 September descended into insults and interruptions.
              Radio NZ
              1
              Like the Brothers Crosstalk, we say so simultaneously, using the same swearword.
              Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, July 25, 1917
              2
              Ed, after shouting the ugliest known pluralised swearword, wanted to hug registrar Natasha.
              The Guardian
              3
              Trix caught a swearword in her mouth before it came out.
              Crooked little vein
              4
              Third, the stronger the swearword, the harder we ought to think about using it.
              The Guardian
              5
              The problem is politics. He made it a swearword.
              American empire: blood and iron
              Portuguese
              ofensa
              Catalan
              afront
              Spanish
              insulto

              A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect.

                    ofensa
                    Portuguese
                    ofender
                    Catalan
                    insultar
                    Spanish
                    insultar

                    To put someone down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.

                          ofender
                          Usage of insult in English
                          1
                          The military government has said it would pursue all royal insult cases.
                          Reuters
                          2
                          So don't come here-tomy home-toinsult me and question my work!
                          The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair
                          3
                          However, genetic factors may also modify the response to the environmental insult.
                          Pubmed
                          4
                          We said that's an insult, Geingob said as quoted by local media.
                          The South African
                          5
                          So it's a clear insult for the people of Afghanistan, Azizi said.
                          Reuters
                          6
                          U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the project was an insult.
                          Reuters
                          7
                          I just knew they weren't good; an everyday insult meant to demean.
                          The Irish Times
                          8
                          You push your family interests here at this table then insult us?'
                          Orb Sceptre Throne
                          9
                          The Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed said it was an insult.
                          The Irish Times
                          10
                          I'll insult him; drill a hole in him; my honour requires it.
                          Ronald Morton; or, the Fire Ships: A Story of the Last Naval War
                          11
                          The insulter did not insult; the adorer outraged the object of adoration.
                          The Man Who Laughs: A Romance of English History
                          12
                          I did not want you to mistake this as an insult, however.
                          Ghost wars
                          13
                          However, I cannot apologise for an intended insult where no intention existed.
                          The Irish Times
                          14
                          Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.
                          The Godfather
                          15
                          They went off as if they had received the last possible insult.
                          The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
                          16
                          The poor woman understood the insult and resented it in her heart.
                          The Prime Minister
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