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