Definitions for insult

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insult in·sult

Spelling: [verb in-suhlt; noun in-suhlt]

IPA: /verb ɪnˈsʌlt; noun ˈɪn sʌlt/

Insult is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 103 anagrams from letters in insult (ilnstu).

Definitions for insult

noun

1. an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
2. something having the effect of an affront:
3. Medicine/Medical. an injury or trauma. an agent that inflicts this.
4. Archaic. an attack or assault.

verb (used with object)

1. to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
2. to affect as an affront; offend or demean.
3. Archaic. to attack; assault.

verb (used without object)

1. Archaic. to behave with insolent triumph; exult contemptuously (usually followed by on, upon, or over).

Origin of insult

1560-70; Latin insultāre to jump on, insult, equivalent to in- in-² + -sultāre, combining form of saltāre to jump; see saltant

Examples for insult

At least part of the motivation for that change came from people coming out of the closet and putting a human face on the insult.

The cardinals had such a bad reputation that the very term “cardinal” became an insult in Renaissance Rome.

insult to injury, its $43 million gross was less than one-fifth of what Ted took in.

It won't be any safer to insult me now than it was yesterday.

Why do you insult thousands of years of tradition in such an awful way?

Donald Trump has gone all the way to Iowa to insult New York.

I met only with insult for this—Bella has not a feeling heart.

He would not have cared half so much for any insult to himself.

They shall find out that they cannot insult me with impunity.

Patience will be the fittest return I can make to such an insult.