insult

Speech parts

1. insult - Noun

2. insult - Verb

Meaning

The act of leaping on; onset; attack.

Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity.

To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.

To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.

To leap or jump.

To behave with insolence; to exult.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

abuse affront contumely slight outrage mock ridicule offend taunt disrespect slur disparage denigrate deride derogate
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Antonyms

bravo blarney medal congratulations adore content
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Hypernyms

spite wound offense offence injure offend

Hyponyms

stinger billingsgate cut outrage vitriol invective

Phrases with the word

add insult to injury an insult to one is an insult to all insult one's intelligence take as an insult abecedarian insult to insult

Derivatives

insulted insulting

Anagrams

sunlit unlist unslit

Examples

The first human who hurled an insult instead of a stone was the founder of civilization. Sigmund Freud

To insult and to humiliate is characteristic of the weak. The strong find pleasure in uplifting, supporting, and helping others. Source: Internet

An insult is either sustained or destroyed, not by the disposition of those who insult, but by the disposition of those who bear it. John Chrysostom

Do not insult the mother alligator until after you have crossed the river. Haitian Proverb

He who puts up with insult invites injury. Jewish Proverb

Deceive the rich and powerful if you will, but don't insult them. Japanese Proverb

Close letter words and terms

insulous insulse insulsity insult one's intelligence insult to injury insultability