Associations to the word «Insult»
Noun
- Retaliation
- Bully
- Grayson
- Plunder
- Nigger
- Detention
- Threat
- Dwight
- Wrong
- Stupidity
- Populace
- Patience
- Promo
- Indifference
- Genocide
- Brawl
- Remark
- Pretence
- Expose
- Forgiveness
- Reprisal
- Tyranny
- Duc
- Neglect
- Blows
- Coward
- Brutality
- Saying
- Treachery
- Jealousy
- Feud
- Forgetting
- Swearing
- Jest
- Sting
- Wrath
- Slang
- Satisfaction
- Torment
- Mob
- Barrage
- Harassment
- Misery
- Throwing
- Cursing
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
INSULT, verb. (obsolete) (intransitive) To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (over, against). [16th-19th c.]
INSULT, verb. (transitive) To offend (someone) by being rude, insensitive or insolent; to demean or affront (someone). [from 17th c.]
INSULT, verb. (obsolete) To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
INSULT, noun. An action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude.
INSULT, noun. Anything that causes offence/offense, e.g. by being of an unacceptable quality.
INSULT, noun. (medicine) Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes.
INSULT, noun. (obsolete) The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
INSULT TO INJURY, noun. Harm, especially verbal, added to another, usually more substantive.
Dictionary definition
INSULT, noun. 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".
INSULT, noun. A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult".
INSULT, verb. Treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone".
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.