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verb

Insult v. t. (past & past part. insulted; pres. part. insulting)

To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. (Obs.)

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.

Insult v. i.

To leap or jump. "Give me thy knife, I will insult on him." "Like the frogs in the apologue, insulting upon their wooden king."

To behave with insolence; to exult. (Archaic) "The lion being dead, even hares insult." "An unwillingness to insult over their helpless fatuity."

adjective

Insulting adj. Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc.

Synonyms: Insolent; impertinent; saucy; rude; abusive; contemptuous. See Insolent.

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Etymology of 'Insulting'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Insulting" Quotes from Famous Books

... that system had so far recommended himself to Garcia de Sa, the governor of Malacca, that he formed a treaty of alliance with him. This was however soon interrupted, and chiefly by the imprudence of a man named Diogo Vaz, who made use of such insulting language to the king, because he delayed payment of a sum of money he owed him, that the courtiers, seized with indignation, immediately stabbed him with their krises, and, the alarm running through the city, others of the Portuguese were likewise murdered. The news of this affair, reaching Goa, ...

— The History of Sumatra - Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And - Manners Of The Native Inhabitants • William Marsden

... arrived, she thought it must be a burglar. She was most sarcastic about Aurore's "fine education" and her literary aspirations. Her hatred of the dead grandmother was as strong as ever. She was constantly insulting her memory, and in her fits of anger said unheard-of things. Aurore's silence was her only reply to these storms, and this exasperated her mother. She declared that she would correct her daughter's "sly ways." Aurore began ...

— George Sand, Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings • Rene Doumic

... of O'Shea darkened the door-way. "Sera," he called in English, with a mocking, insulting inflection in his voice, "come here and welcome my ...

— By Reef and Palm • Louis Becke

... it is club talk," I replied, lightly. "But of course the committee will take your word. The waiter, whichever one he is, richly deserves his dismissal for insulting you without provocation." ...

— Stories By English Authors: London • Various

... Joyner-Graves faction wanted to secure the re-election of Grant Hamilton, and the way things had been going in the past two months, only Chester Pelton's death could accomplish that. Latterman had probably thrown out Pelton's nitrocaine capsules and then put Bayne up to insulting Pelton's daughter, knowing that a fit of rage would bring on another heart attack, which could be fatal ...

— Null-ABC • Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire

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