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US
/ˈɪnˌsəɫt, ˌɪnˈsəɫt/
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VERB
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treat, mention, or speak to rudely
the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone
He insulted her with his rude remarks
NOUN
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a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse
they yelled insults at the visiting team -
a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
turning his back on me was a deliberate insult
How To Use insult In A Sentence
- They drew swords, and fought fiercely, cussing and insulting each other as swiftly as they threw blows.
- Ignorance of Sarah Palin offends anyone who is educated, it's an insult to the intellectual world, american intelligence. Palin plans 'aggressive' fundraising push
- Many of us are highly educated and your presumptions are most insulting.
- Individuals should not be allowed to run amok insulting and using abusive language against one another.
- King was eight years old when he was slapped by a white woman in a downtown Atlanta department store and insulted with a racial slur.
- Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish ---- only bless. (Arthur Schnabel , Austrian pianist.
- Public Prosecutor told the court that the offences of threatening and insulting a woman's modesty are bailable, so there is no need to grant anticipatory bail.
- Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you ; music cannotpunish ---- only bless.
- After a long, tedious sail, during which I was subjected to every discomfort, and exposure to the weather, as well as jeers and insults that effervesced from a corrupt heart, where they had been concealed for so many years, we reached a spot near enough to the land to discover a cluster of orange trees and a cabin. Bond and Free: A Tale of the South
- She nearly gasped out loud at this insult.