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 Definitions for Insulting: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Insulting \In*sult"ing\, a.
Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to
insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc. --
{In*sult"ing*ly}, adv.
Syn: Insolent; impertinent; saucy; rude; abusive;
contemptuous. See Insolent.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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Insult \In*sult"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulted; p. pr. & vb.
n. Insulting.] [F. insulter, L. insultare, freq. fr.
insilire to leap into or upon; pref. in- in, on + salire to
leap. See Salient.]
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1. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
[Obs.] --Shak.
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2. To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by
word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a
liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.
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WordNet (r) 2.0
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insulting
adj 1: expressing offensive reproach [syn: abusive, opprobrious,
scornful, scurrilous]
2: expressing extreme contempt [syn: contemptuous, disdainful,
scornful]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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33 Moby Thesaurus words for "insulting":
abusive, arrogant, atrocious, audacious, backhand, backhanded,
bumptious, calumnious, cold, contumelious, cool, degrading,
disdainful, familiar, forward, hubristic, humiliating, insolent,
left-handed, obtrusive, offensive, outrageous, overpresumptuous,
overweening, presuming, presumptuous, procacious, pushy, scurrile,
scurrilous, unspeakable, uppish, uppity
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