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   What does insult mean?

   • The meaning of INSULT is to treat with insolence, indignity, or contempt : affront; also : to affect offensively or damagingly. How to use insult in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Insult.

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   What does it mean if a person is insulted?

   • insult suggests deliberately causing humiliation, hurt pride, or shame. Verb She felt they had insulted her by repeatedly ignoring her questions. We were greatly insulted by his rudeness. They're understandably insulted when no one asks for their opinion on a matter that affects them so much.

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   Are instructions an insult to your intelligence?

   • insult to your intelligenceThe instructions are so easy they are an insult to your intelligence (= they seem to suggest you are not clever if you need to use them). Her cerebral cortex had suffered a massive insult. The virus can cause repeated pulmonary insults.

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   What is a membrane insult?

   • A membrane insult is sustained that renders the sperm incapable of its normal functions. Children who are separated from their mothers suffer what one doctor calls "a developmental insult". First he drank all my wine and then he insulted all my friends. Don’t insult me just because I can’t dance. Offering me so little money was an insult.

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   What is an insulting remark?

   • Something that is insulting is rude or offensive. One of the apprentices made an insulting remark to a passing officer. Anthony laughed loudly and insultingly. I have rarely read anything so insultingly sexist as this article. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

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   What is the difference between affront and insult?

   • affront implies treating with deliberate rudeness or contemptuous indifference to courtesy. insult suggests deliberately causing humiliation, hurt pride, or shame. Verb She felt they had insulted her by repeatedly ignoring her questions. We were greatly insulted by his rudeness.

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   insulting. adjective. uk / ɪnˈsʌl.tɪŋ / us / ɪnˈsʌl.tɪŋ /. Add to word list. rude or offensive: You can't offer such a low salary to someone who is so highly skilled - it's insulting. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Insults & abuse. abusive.

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     INSULTING meaning: 1. rude or offensive: 2. rude or...

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     INSULT definition: 1. an offensive remark or action: 2....

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   The meaning of INSULTING is giving or intended to give offense : being or containing an insult. How to use insulting in a sentence.

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   offensive in British English. (əˈfɛnsɪv ) adjective. 1. unpleasant or disgusting, as to the senses. 2. causing anger or annoyance; insulting. 3. for the purpose of attack rather than defence.

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   INSULT definition: 1. an offensive remark or action: 2. something that causes an injury or damage to the body: 3. to…. Learn more.

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   Insulting definition: giving or causing insult; characterized by affronting rudeness, insolence, etc.. See examples of INSULTING used in a sentence.

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   The meaning of INSULT is to treat with insolence, indignity, or contempt : affront; also : to affect offensively or damagingly. How to use insult in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Insult.

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   1. An insulting remark or act. 2. a. Medicine A bodily injury, irritation, or trauma. b. Something that causes injury, irritation, or trauma: "the middle of the Bronx, buffeted and poisoned by the worst environmental insults that urban America can dish out"(William K. Stevens).