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What (who) is insult - definition
EXPRESSION, STATEMENT (OR SOMETIMES BEHAVIOR) WHICH IS DISRESPECTFUL OR SCORNFUL
Insults; Affront; Backhanded compliment; Insulting; Backhanded complement; Putdown; Insulted; Putdowns; Put downs; Backhanded compliments; Asteism; Back-handed compliment; Left handed compliment; Back-handed compliments; Comeback (return insult); Comeback (retort); Slights; Left-handed compliment; Offended
![Duke Karl]] Insulting the Corpse of [[Klaus Fleming]]'', [[Albert Edelfelt]], 1878. Fleming's wife [[Ebba Stenbock]] on the right.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Albert Edelfelt - Duke Karl Insulting the Corpse of Klas Fleming.jpg?width=200 "Duke Karl]] Insulting the Corpse of [[Klaus Fleming]]'', [[Albert Edelfelt]], 1878. Fleming's wife [[Ebba Stenbock]] on the right.")
![The use of the [[V sign]] as an insult, combined with the upwards swing movement](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Uwot.jpg?width=200 "The use of the [[V sign]] as an insult, combined with the upwards swing movement")
insult
(insulted)
1.
If someone insults you, they say or do something that is rude or offensive.
I did not mean to insult you...
VERB: V n
• insulted
I would be a bit insulted if he said anything like that.
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
2.
An insult is a rude remark, or something a person says or does which insults you.
Their behaviour was an insult to the people they represent...
N-COUNT: oft N to n
3.
You say to add insult to injury when mentioning an action or fact that makes an unfair or unacceptable situation even worse.
PHRASE: V inflects, PHR with cl
insult
¦ verb ?n's?lt speak to or treat with disrespect or abuse.
¦ noun '?ns?lt
1. an insulting remark or action.
a thing so worthless or contemptible as to be offensive: the pay offer is an absolute insult.
2. Medicine an event which causes damage to a tissue or organ.
Derivatives
insulter noun
insulting adjective
insultingly adverb
Origin
C16: from L. insultare 'jump or trample on'; the noun is from Fr. insulte or eccles. L. insultus.
insult
n.
1) to fling, hurl an insult at
2) to swallow, take an insult
3) to avenge an insult
4) a gratuitous; imaginary; nasty, vicious insult
5) an insult to (an insult to smb.'s intelligence)
6) (misc.) a stream of insults; to add insult to injury
Wikipedia
Insult
An insult is an expression or statement (or sometimes behavior) which is disrespectful or scornful. Insults may be intentional or accidental. An insult may be factual, but at the same time pejorative, such as the word "inbred".
Examples of use of insult
1. Therefore, an insult to any of them is an insult to all Muslims, throughout the world.
2. Clinton managed to insult a beloved black leader in her eager attempt to insult a rising black leader.
3. "It‘s an insult to people with type one diabetes and their families and an insult to people in Norfolk.
4. "We have only to go back to his examples to see that he never returned an insult with an insult.
5. They face ignorance, insult and even persecution.