Word info Synonyms Antonyms

insulted

Meaning

of Insult

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

Show all synonyms

Antonyms

Phrases with the word

Anagrams

Examples

Most men would feel insulted if it were proposed to employ them in throwing stones over a wall, and then in throwing them back, merely that they might earn their wages. But many are no more worthily employed now. Henry David Thoreau

I, for one, will not have [the Vietcong] insulted by any comparison to the forces of Zarqawi, the Fedayeen Saddam, and the criminal underworld now arrayed against us. These depraved elements are the Iraqi Khmer Rouge. Christopher Hitchens

There are some people who can receive a truth by no other way than to have their understanding shocked and insulted. Carl Sandburg

A beggar won't mind being insulted. African Proverb

Who is insulted for a long time, finally loses his patience. Swedish Proverb

He who insults is insulted. He who sneers is sneered at. Sumerian Proverb

Close letter words and terms