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Insult - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Insult : (noun)
1: 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" [syn: abuse,
revilement, contumely, vilification]
2: a deliberately offensive act or something producing the
effect of an affront; "turning his back on me was a
deliberate insult" [syn: affront]
(verb)
1: treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with
his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his
classmate was dissed by everyone" [syn: diss, affront]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Insult : \In"sult\, n. [L. insultus, fr. insilire to leap upon:
cf. F. insulte. See Insult, v. t.]
1. The act of leaping on; onset; attack. [Obs.] --Dryden.
2. Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an
act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an
indignity.
The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief.
--Savage.
Syn: Affront; indignity; abuse; outrage; contumely. See
Affront.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Insult : \In*sult"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Insulting.] [F. insulter, L. insultare, freq. fr.
insilire to leap into or upon; pref. in- in, on _ salire to
leap. See Salient.]
1. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
[Obs.] --Shak.
2. To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by
word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a
liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Insult : \In*sult"\, v. i.
1. To leap or jump.
Give me thy knife, I will insult on him. --Shak.
Like the frogs in the apologue, insulting upon their
wooden king. --Jer. Taylor.
2. To behave with insolence; to exult. [Archaic]
The lion being dead, even hares insult. --Daniel.
An unwillingness to insult over their helpless
fatuity. --Landor.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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