1. insult - Noun
2. insult - Verb
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 dictionaryThe 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