insult

Meaning of insult

noun
  1. Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; a particular act or statement having this effect.
  2. Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality).
    The way the orchestra performed tonight was an insult to my ears.
  3. Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused.
  4. An assault or attack; (specifically) an assault, attack, or onset carried out without preparation.
  5. An act of leaping upon.
verb
  1. To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone).
  2. To assail, assault, or attack; (specifically) to carry out an assault, attack, or onset without preparation.
  3. To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (against or over someone).
  4. To leap or trample upon.

Information about insult

  • The plural form of insult is: insults.
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Hyphenation of insult

in-sult

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
  • insult is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

insult synonyms

Meaning abuse:

abuse, revilement, contumely, vilification

Meaning affront:

affront

Meaning diss:

diss, affront

Meaning :

insultation, offense, pejorative, slam, slight, slur, disgrace, outrage

insult antonyms

Meaning :

compliment

Translation of insult

Anagrams of insult

Stulin, sunlit, unlist, unslit

Words that rhyme with insult

subsult, misresult, result, consult, counterinsult, jurisconsult, preconsult, preinsult, reconsult, reinsult, unconsult

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