Insult
21insult */ — I UK [ˈɪnsʌlt] / US [ˈɪnˌsʌlt] noun [countable] Word forms insult : singular insult plural insults a) an offensive remark throw/hurl insults at someone: He stormed off the pitch, hurling insults at the umpire. b) something that seems to show a… …
22insult — in|sult1 [ ın,sʌlt ] noun count * an offensive remark: throw/hurl insults at someone: He stormed off the field, hurling insults at the umpire. a. something that seems to show a lack of respect for someone or something: be an insult to: Such low… …
23insult — 1 verb (T) to say or do something that is rude and offensive to someone: Nobody insults my family and gets away with it! | I hope Andy won t feel insulted if I turn down his invitation. | insult sb by doing sth: Please don t insult me by offering …
24insult — {{11}}insult (n.) c.1600 in the sense of attack; 1670s as an act of insulting, from M.Fr. insult (14c.) or directly from L.L. insultus, from insilire (see INSULT (Cf. insult) (v.)). To add insult to injury translates L. injuriae contumeliam… …
25insult — insults, insulting, insulted (The verb is pronounced [[t]ɪnsʌ̱lt[/t]]. The noun is pronounced [[t]ɪ̱nsʌlt[/t]].) 1) VERB If someone insults you, they say or do something that is rude or offensive. [V n] I did not mean to insult you... [V n]… …
26insult — [ˈɪnsʌlt] noun [C] I 1) an offensive remark 2) something that seems to show a lack of respect for someone or something This exam is an insult to my students intelligence.[/ex] • add insult to injury to do something that makes a bad situation even …
27insult — insultable, adj. insulter, n. v. /in sult /; n. /in sult/, v.t. 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. v.i. 4. Archaic. to behave… …
28insult — in•sult v. [[t]ɪnˈsʌlt[/t]] n. [[t]ˈɪn sʌlt[/t]] v. t. 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 4) archaic to behave with insolent… …
29insult — verb (t) /ɪnˈsʌlt / (say in sult) 1. to treat insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront. –noun /ˈɪnsʌlt / (say insult) 2. an insolent or contemptuously rude action or speech; affront. 3. something having the effect of an affront. –phrase… …
30insult — An injury, attack, or trauma. [LL. insultus, fr L. insulto, to spring upon] * * * in·sult in .səlt n 1) injury to the body or one of its parts <repeated acute vascular insults> <any insult to the constitution of a patient suffering from… …
