insult
/'insʌlt/
Definition
Noun:
- A deliberately offensive act or statement: An action or remark that shows disrespect and is intended to hurt someone's feelings or dignity.
- A rude expression intended to offend or hurt: A specific word, phrase, or comment that is impolite and meant to cause emotional pain.
Verb:
- To treat, mention, or speak to rudely: To say or do something offensive and disrespectful to someone.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- His comment about her work was a terrible insult.
- Refusing to shake her hand was seen as a deliberate insult.
- Verb:
- He insulted the waiter by complaining loudly about the service.
- Please do not insult my intelligence with such a weak excuse.
Advanced Usage
- "to add insult to injury": To make a bad situation worse by causing further humiliation or distress.
- After losing my job, to add insult to injury, my car was stolen the same day.
- "a backhanded insult": An insult that is disguised as a compliment.
- Calling my painting "interesting" felt like a backhanded insult.
Variants and Related Words
- Insulting (adjective): Being rude and offensive.
- His insulting remarks made everyone uncomfortable.
- Insulter (noun): A person who insults others.
- The anonymous online insulter was eventually banned from the forum.
Synonyms
- Offend (verb): To cause someone to feel upset or hurt.
- Affront (noun/verb): An action or remark that causes outrage or offense.
- Slight (noun/verb): An act of treating someone with disrespect or indifference.
Related Phrasal Verbs / Constructions
- Insult someone to their face: To insult someone directly and openly.
- He was brave enough to insult the manager to his face.
- Hurl insults (at someone): To shout insults aggressively.
- The angry protesters hurled insults at the politicians.
Related Idioms
- The final insult / The last straw: The last in a series of annoying or insulting events that makes a situation unbearable.
- When they charged me for the water, it was the final insult.
- Take something as an insult: To interpret a remark or action as being offensive.
- I hope you don't take my advice as an insult; I'm only trying to help.
Noun
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a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
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turning his back on me was a deliberate insult
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a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
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when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse
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they yelled insults at the visiting team
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Verb
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treat, mention, or speak to rudely
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He insulted her with his rude remarks
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the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone
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