insult
Meaning of insult
noun
- Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; a particular act or statement having this effect.
- Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality).
The way the orchestra performed tonight was an insult to my ears.
- Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused.
- An assault or attack; (specifically) an assault, attack, or onset carried out without preparation.
- An act of leaping upon.
- To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone).
- To assail, assault, or attack; (specifically) to carry out an assault, attack, or onset without preparation.
- To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (against or over someone).
- To leap or trample upon.
Information about insult
- The plural form of insult is: insults.
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Hyphenation of insult
in-sult
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- insult is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
insult synonyms
Meaning abuse:
abuse, revilement, contumely, vilification
Meaning affront:
Meaning diss:
Meaning :
insultation, offense, pejorative, slam, slight, slur, disgrace, outrage
insult antonyms
Meaning :
Translation of insult
- German: beleidigen, Beleidigung, Schmähung, Beschimpfung, beschimpfen
- Italian: offendere, insultare, insulto
- French: insulter, insulte, injure
- Spanish: insultar, ofender, abuso, insulto, agraviar
- Portuguese: abuso, insultar
Anagrams of insult
Stulin, sunlit, unlist, unslit
Words that rhyme with insult
subsult, misresult, result, consult, counterinsult, jurisconsult, preconsult, preinsult, reconsult, reinsult, unconsult
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