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Meanings of insults in English

Russian
камень преткновения
Portuguese
pejorativo
Catalan
insult
Spanish
insultar

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

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        камень преткновения
        Usage of insults in English
        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
        6
        It is not the fashion in France to suffer insults in silence.
        The Rocks of Valpré
        7
        New data is available on how the intestine heals after inflammatory insults.
        Pubmed
        8
        He told the court he often repeated insults back to other players.
        The Guardian
        9
        Comments that would previously have been considered innocent were misconstrued as insults.
        The Complete Rama Omnibus
        10
        Beth was his maybe-girlfriend; the same age, and always trading raucous insults.
        The Neutronium Alchemist
        11
        The insults I have received in this house sufficiently prove the fact.
        A Thorny Path — Volume 05
        12
        It never would've happened without your unconditional support and occasional brutal insults.
        Nemesis
        13
        So leave us to go our way without insults at our back.
        The buried giant
        14
        Recently, MAG was also found to protect axons from acute toxic insults.
        Pubmed
        15
        Prejudice, half-truths and distortions are combined with insults and threats of violence.
        The South African
        16
        No, no, it is not; your base insults have ordained it otherwise.
        Amphitryon
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        Catalan
        insult
        Insults through the time
        Insults across language varieties
        South Africa
        Common
        Australia
        Common
        Ireland
        Common
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