Insult

Definition: Insult

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".

2. A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult".

Verb

1. Treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "insult" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Literature

Multilingual Slang

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Insult

Discourtesy

Verb: be -rude; Adjective: insult; treat with discourtesy; take a name in vain; make bold with, make free with; take a liberty; stare out of countenance, ogle, point at, put to the blush.

Disrespect

Vilipendency, vilification, contumely, affront, dishonor, insult, indignity, outrage, discourtesy; practical joking; scurrility, scoffing, sibilance, hissing, sibilation; irrision; derision; mockery; irony; (ridicule); sarcasm.

Dishonor, desecrate; insult, affront, outrage.

Resentment

Cause anger, raise anger; affront, offend; give offense, give umbrage; anger; hurt the feelings; insult, discompose, fret, ruffle, nettle, huff, pique; excite; irritate, stir the blood, stir up bile; sting, sting to the quick; rile, provoke, chafe, wound, incense, inflame, enrage, aggravate, add fuel to the flame, fan into a flame, widen the breach, envenom, embitter, exasperate, infuriate, kindle wrath; stick in one's gizzard; rankle &e.; hit on the raw, rub on the raw, sting on the raw, strike on the raw.

Affront, provocation, offense; indignity; (insult); grudge, crow to pluck, bone to pick, sore subject, casus belli; ill turn, outrage.

Crosswords: Insult

Danish (insult), Dutch (insult), German (insult).

But what if none of us goes for the blonde? We won't get in each other's way and we won't insult the other girls (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

I want you to think and remember every insult, every offense, everything that you have ever taken away from me. Think to yourself (Swimming With Sharks; writing credit: George Huang)

That may be the first time in my life a man has dared insult me. (The Princess Bride; writing credit: William Goldman)

I realized whenever Coach wanted to insult you he would call you by a certain junk food he was craving (Oliver Beene; writing credit: Axel Boisen;)

I will bite my thumb at them, which is an insult to them, if they bear it. (Romeo + Juliet; writing credit: Craig Pearce)

The Last Insult (1932)

Insult (1932)

Lieutenant Daring Avenges an Insult to the Union Jack (1912)

Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Cliches of Liberalism: Governing Through Insult, Confusion and Sound Bites (reference)

• Digest of Roman Law: Theft, Rapine, Damage and Insult (Penguin Classics) (reference)

• Injury to Insult (reference)

• Insult to Intelligence: The Bureaucratic Invasion of Our Classroom (reference)

• Religion - Man's Insult To God (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Naked Gun 33 1/3 - The Final Insult (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Great Insult (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

We do not comprehend everything, but we insult nothing

We should never cheat and insult and banish one another by our meanness, if there were present the kernel of worth and friendliness

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Health

HPS patients seem to recover quite promptly after their acute insult. (references)

Causes of this type may include environmental exposures during pregnancy such as medication taken by the mother, exposure to toxins, or a vascular insult. (references)

Vocal cord paralysis may be caused by head trauma, a neurologic insult such as a stroke, a neck injury, lung or thyroid cancer, a tumor pressing on a nerve, or a viral infection. (references)

Civil Liberties

Thailand

Laws prohibiting speech likely to insult Buddhism remain in place under the 1997 Constitution. (references)

Georgia

The Civil Code and other legislation make it a crime to insult the honor and dignity of an individual and place the burden of proof on the accused. (references)

Chile

Human rights groups have criticized the existence and application of laws that allow government officials to prosecute journalists who insult or criticize them; the Government revoked one such law during the year. (references)

Discrimination

Liechtenstein

The law also prohibits public incitement to violence or public agitation or insult directed against a race, people, ethnic group, or state. (references)

Minorities

Hungary

In 1999 the president of MAZSIHISZ stated that hundreds of Holocaust survivors were returning compensation payments to the Government, protesting that the small amounts were an insult. (references)

Political Economy

Bangladesh

In March 1994, the opposition parties walked out of Parliament to protest an alleged insult by a BNP minister. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "insult": add insult to injury ♦ be smarted under insult ♦ he dared to insult me ♦ insult each other ♦ public insult ♦ smart under an insult ♦ studied insult ♦ To pocket an insult ♦ ultimate insult ♦ writhe under an insult. Additional references.

Beginning with "insult": insult-chase-insult-chase, insult-trading, insult-words.

Afrikaans

belediging (abuse), beledig (abuse, offend). (various references)

Albanian

ofendoj (damnify, grieve, injure, mortify, offend, outrage, revile), ofendim (grievance, indignity, injury, offence, wrong), fyerje (affront, contumely, displeasure, flout, grievance, indignity, injury, offence, opprobrium, resentment, umbrage, vituperation), fyej (affront, aggrieve, damnify, deal, desecrate, disoblige, displease, grieve, injure, offend, outrage, pique, revile, trespass, vex, vituperate). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مسبة (abuse, revilement), ‏حقر (abase, blackguard, despise, pig, put down, revile), ‏تحقير (contempt, humbling, pejorative), ‏إهانة (affront, crinkle, degradation, despite, dishonor, dishonour, flout, indignity, injury, insolence, mortification, offence, reflection, reflexion, slap, slur, tawdriness, umbrage), ‏أهان (abase oneself, affront, debase, degrade, dishonor, dishonour, flout, give offence, give offense, injure, malign, offend, oppress, outrage, revile, slap, slight, take offence, take offense), ‏أذى (disadvantage, disfavor, disfavour, hardship, harm, hurst, injury, injustice, lesion, mayhem, trauma, violence, wickedness, zenana), ‏شتيمة (abuse, outrage, slur, swearword). (various references)

Bulgarian 

оскърбявам (abuse, affront, huff, offend, outrage), оскърбление (abuse, affront, contumely, flout, galling, hurt, knock, offence, outrage), обиждам (abuse, affront, aggrieve, belabor, belabour, dishonor, dishonour, give offense, give umbrage, huff, hurt, injure, inveigh, offend, outrage, slight, spite, vituperate, wrong), обида (affront, cut, dishonor, dishonour, hurt, indignity, injury, offence, offense, outrage, resentment, slight, slur, umbrage, wound, wrong), нападам (assault, attack, do over, engage, fall on, fall upon, infest, lunge, mob, oppugn, pitch into, rabble, sail into, set about, set on, set upon, shape up, strike, strongarm, turn on, turn upon, walk into, zap). (various references)

Chinese 

侮辱 . (various references)

Czech

urazit (give offence, injure, libel, offend, upset), urážka (affront, brickbat, contumely, injury, offence, outrage, violence), pohanìt, pohánìt (actuate, criticize, hustle, impel, propel, push). (various references)

Danish

skælde (abuse, offend), insult, fornærme (abuse, offend). (various references)

Dutch

krenken (abuse, offend), beledigen (abuse, offend), affronteren (abuse, offend). (various references)

Esperanto

insulto (abuse), insulti (abuse, offend), ofendi (abuse, offend). (various references)

Faeroese

skemma (abuse, offend, sleeping-accomodation, sleeping-place), skemdarorð (abuse), misbjóða (abuse, offend), gera firtnan (abuse, offend). (various references)

Farsi 

فحش دادن (Curse, Cuss), توهین کردن به , توهین (Insolence, Libel, Offense, Vituperation), خوارکردن (Reproach), بی احترامی کردن به (Dishonor(Ur), Wrong), بالیدن (Boast, Brag, Brave, Glory, Yelp). (various references)

Finnish

solvaus (abuse, affront, slander), solvata (abuse, offer an insult, slander), loukkaus (affront, offence), loukata (hurt, infringe, injure, offend, violate), häväistys (affront, blasphemy, profanation, violation). (various references)

French

offenser (injure), insulter, insulte, injurier, injure, affront. (various references)

Frisian

rache (abuse, offend), misledigje (abuse, offend). (various references)

German

beleidigen (abuse, affront, libel, offend, outrage, slander, slight, to affront, to insult, to offend), Insult, beschimpfen (abuse, offend, rail at, revile, slander, swear at, to insult, to revile), beleidigung (abuse, affront, defamation, indignity, libel, offence, offense, scathe, slander, slur). (various references)

Greek 

προσβολή (affront, assault, attack, blow, derogation, indignity, invective, mortification, offence, outrage, slur, stroke, umbrage). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעלוב (affront, humiliate, put to shame), לעלב (affront, humiliate), לחרף (abuse, call names, reproach, revile, swear, vilify), ל�"לעיב (affront, sneer), ל�"עליב (abash, affront, give offense, miff, offend, slight), ל�"כלים (affront, put to shame, shame), ל�'�"ף (abuse, blackguard, curse, defame, revile, slang, taunt, vilify, vituperate), פ�'יע�" בכבו�" (affront, disrespect, lese majesty), פ�'יע�" (blow, damage, detriment, harm, hit, hurt, impact, incidence, injury, offence, shot), עליבות (misery, wretchedness), עליב�", עלבון (affront, humiliation, offence, opprobrium, umbrage), כלימ�" (affront, disgrace, opprobrium, reproach, shame), �"ופי (blemish, fault, flaw, impurity, scorn, slur, smirch, taint), �'�"וף (abuse, blasphemy, curse, invective, obloquy, profanity, revilement, scorn, swearword, vilification, vituperation). (various references)

Hungarian

sérteget (call names, inveigh, to abuse, to flout, to gibe, to insult), sértés (abuse, affront, aggrievement, flout, humiliation, injury, lesion, offence, offense, wound), megsért (affront, give offence, give offense, hurt, injure, pique, to affront, to contravene, to entrench upon, to harm, to hurt, to injure, to insult, to miscall, to offend, to outrage, to violate, to wound, to wrong, violate), bántalmazás (ill-treatment, mishandling, misuse, outrage). (various references)

Icelandic

skamma (abuse, offend), móðga (abuse, offend). (various references)

Indonesian

nista (affront, insulted, stigma), menyinggung (allude, contact, offend, pertain), menghina (contempt, debase, deride, derogatory, humiliate, misprize, opprobrious, taunt), kenistaan (feeling of indignity), cemoohan (belittling comments, taunt). (various references)

Italian

insulto (abuse, abusive, affront, taunt), oltraggiare (offend, slight), offendere (abuse, break, damage, displease, hurt, infringe, injure, nettle, offend, shock, sting, upset, violate), insultare (abuse, affront, flout, offend, revile), affronto (affront, cut, indignity, offence, offense, scathe, slight, snub). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

恥辱 (disgrace, shame), 侮辱 (contempt, slight). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おじょく (disgrace, humiliation), ぶま�" (contempt, offense), ぶ�'�" (social standing, wealth), ぶじょく (contempt, slight), りょうじょく (assault, disgrace, rape), あくたれぐち (abuse, evil speaking, slander), あっ�"う (abuse, evil speaking, misdeed, slander, wickedness, wrongdoing), わるぐち (abuse, evil speaking, slander), わるくち (abuse, evil speaking, slander), ちょうば (abuse, horse training or breaking, long horse, reception, taunt), ちじょく (disgrace, shame). (various references)

Korean 

모욕 (Contemptuous, insulting). (various references)

Manx

faghid (contempt, derision, distain, mockery, ridicule, scorn, sneer). (various references)

Maya

poch (to insult). (various references)

Norwegian

fornærme (abuse, offend). (various references)

Papiamen

insulto (abuse), insultá (abuse, offend), ofendé (abuse, offend). (various references)

Pig Latin

insultay.(various references)

Polish

obrażać (abuse, offend). (various references)

Portuguese

insulto (abuse, affront, contumely, indignity, injury, lash, scurrility, taunt, vituperation), ultrajar (abuse, assault, outrage, revile, violate), ofender (abuse, affront, aggrieve, bespatter, bruise, despite, dishonor, dishonour, displease, grieve, harm, huff, hurt, injure, miscall, offend, outrage, shock, stab), insultar (abuse, affront, blackguard, clapperclaw, fly in the face of, outrage, revile, vituperate), injuriar (abuse, attack, inveigh, knock about, knock around, miscall, offend, outrage, revile, slander, stab, vituperate), injúria (abuse, bruise, contumely, despite, invective, mischief, outrage, railing, violence, vituperation, wrong). (various references)

Romanian

insultã (abuse, affront, contumely, dirt, hurt, invective, offence, slap, slur), injurie (abuse), vexaţiune, ultraj (abuse, outrage), ultragia (abuse, outrage), ofensa (abuse, affront, damage, huff, hurt, injure, mortify, offend, spite, touch, vex), ocarã (abashment, abuse, disgrace, shame), ocãrî (abuse, blame, call down, censure, curse, rail, reproach, revile, upbraid, vituperate), necinste (bad faith, disgrace, dishonesty, dishonor, dishonour, foulness, improbity, knavery, knavishness, shame), jignire (abuse, affront, cut, humiliation, hurt, injury, offence, rub, wound, wrong), jigni (aggrieve, cut, grate, Harrow, hit, hurt, injure, mortify, offend, pique, touch, vex, wrong), batjocurã (farce, gibe, jeer, jesting, mock, mockery, quiz, ridicule, scorn, taunt), afront (affront, outrage), împroşca (bespatter, dash, pepper, spatter, splash, splatter, sputter). (various references)

Russian 

оскорблять оскорбление (affront), оскорблять (affront, desecrate, dishonor, dishonour, offend, revile), оскорбление (abuse, affront, contumely, indignity, injury, obloquy, offence, offense, opprobrium, outrage, wound), оплевать (spit upon). (various references)

Scottish

t� mailt (an insult, degradation, disparagement), sgallais. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zaboleti (hurt), vređati (call names, jar, offend, resent), uvrediti (affront, give offense, hurt, offend, outrage, pique), uvreda (affront, assault, contumely, dudgeon, grievance, hurt, indignity, knock, offence, offense, outrage, pique, umbrage, wound). (various references)

Spanish

insulto (abuse, affront, jeer, slight), insultar (abuse, affront, jeer, jeer at, offend, revile, slight, taunt), injuriar (abuse, jeer, jeer at, offend, revile, slight, taunt, wrong), injuria (abuse, invective, offence, offense, scathe), ofensa (abuse, affront, misdemeanor, misdemeanour, offence, offense, trespass), ofender (abuse, affront, aggrieve, be wrong, displease, give offence, give offense, hurt, hurt one's feelings, injure, miff, offend, slight). (various references)

Sranan

afrontu (abuse, offend). (various references)

Swedish

skymfa (abuse, affront, libel, offend, outrage, vituperate), förolämpning (abuse, affront, libel, offence, offense, snub), förolämpa (affront, offend), förnärma (abuse, affront, huff, offend). (various references)

Turkish

onurunu kırmak (degrade), onur kırma (slight), hor görme (contempt, despising, look down on, scorn, underestimating, underrating), hakaret etmek (affront, defame, desecrate, give affront to, outrage, revile, revile against smth., revile at smth., slight, vituperate), hakaret (affront, contempt, contumely, cuss word, defamation, epithet, hotfoot, indignity, invective, opprobrium, outrage, revilement, slap, slap in the face, slight, slur, snub), şerefini iki paralık etmek, acitmak (abuse, hurt, offend), aşağılamak (abase, belittle, give smb. the wall, humiliate, pooh pooh, scorn, take down, talk down), aşağılama (abasement, contempt, contemptuousness, disparagement, humiliation, insolence, mortification, opprobrium). (various references)

Turkmen 

nadyllyk (offence), kine (offense). (various references)

Ukrainian

образа (abuse, affront, contumely, dishonor, dishonour, dudgeon, grievance, grouch, indignity, injury, obloquy, offence, offense, opprobrium, outrage, resentment, snub, umbrage, wound), ображати (abuse, affront, damnify, dishonor, dishonour, frump, huff, humiliate, injure, offend, outrage, revile, umbrage), нападати (assault, attack, blast, castigate, fall upon, fly at, lay on, pile on, pounce, set upon, strike), напад (assault, attack, foray, hijacking, hold up, offence, offense, onfall, onrush, onset, onslaught). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sự lăng mạ (affront, contumacy, contumeliousness, despite), lời sỉ nhục (despite), lời lăng mạ, cái gây chấn thương. (various references)

Welsh

tremygu (despise), sar.hau (affront, injury), sar.had (affront, disgrace, injury), croesanair (mockery, obscenity), amherchi (dishonor). (various references)

in. (various references)

contumelia, contumelias, iniuria, iniuriae, iniuriam, iniurias, iniuriis, insultare, insulto, maledicta, maledicti, maledictis, maledicto, maledictum, suggillet, vituperium. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "insult": insulted, insulter, insulters, insulting, insultingly, insults. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Insult" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: cinsault, icsltm, Imsoft, inpul, insalt, inself, Insoft, insold, insolet, Insoll, insolm, insuct, insukt, insul, insula, insulat, insulk, Insull, insulte, Isolt. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sunlit.

-1 letter: lints, lunts, suint, units, unlit, until.

-2 letters: lins, lint, list, lits, litu, lunt, lust, nils, nits, nuts, silt, slit, snit, stun, suit, tils, tins, tuis, tuns, unit.

-3 letters: ins, its, lin, lis, lit, nil, nit, nus, nut, sin, sit, sun, til, tin, tis, tui, tun, uns, uts.

-4 letters: in, is, it, li, nu, si.

+1 letter: indults, insults, luniest, lusting, luteins, lutings, tinfuls, unspilt, unsplit, utensil.

+2 letters: alunites, botulins, bustline, bustling, cutlines, diluents, elutions, flutings, hustling, insulant, insulate, insulted, insulter, justling, linecuts, linguist, linocuts, luminist, lunatics, lustring, lutanist, lutenist, nautilus, nuptials, outlines, quintals, rustling, saluting, simulant, solution, stunsail, subtilin, sultanic, sunlight, tousling, tubulins, tunicles, tussling, unlisted, unplaits, unsilent, unspoilt, utensils, volutins.