Insult
31insult — 1. verb /ɪnˈsʌlt,ˈɪn.sʌlt/ To offend (someone) by being rude, insensitive or insolent; to demean or affront (someone). thou hast lost all, poor thou art, dejected, in pain of body, grief of mind, thine enemies insul …
32insult — [16] The sult of insult comes from a word that meant ‘jump’. Its source was Latin insultāre ‘jump on’, a compound verb based on saltāre ‘jump’. This was a derivative of salīre ‘jump’, source in one way or another of English assail, assault,… …
33insúlt — a m (ȗ) knjiž. napad, razžalitev: vsi so imeli njegove besede za insult; oseben, podel insult ♦ med. epileptični insulti epileptični napadi …
34insult — See: ADD INSULT TO INJURY …
35insult — See: ADD INSULT TO INJURY …
36insult — I. verb Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French insulter, from Latin insultare, literally, to spring upon, from in + saltare to leap more at saltation Date: 1540 intransitive verb archaic to behave with pride or arrogance ; vaunt… …
37Insult — Apoplex (auch Insult) ist ein medizinischer Begriff für eine plötzliche Durchblutungsstörung eines Organs oder einer Körperregion. In der medizinischen Umgangssprache wird der Begriff heute oft synonym für Apoplexia cerebri (Schlaganfall)… …
38insult — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. slap, abuse, affront, offend. See discourtesy. n. out rage; slap, affront. See disrespect. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. indignity, offense, affront, abuse, contumely, ill treatment, scurrility,… …
39insult — See: add insult to injury …
40insult — (of a foreigner) to associate sexually with a Chinese woman A Communist tactic to keep non Chinese at a distance from nationals: Then you know it is an offence to insult Chinese women. Dancer was well aware of the xenophobic Beijing… …
