Insult meaning in English

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Definition

an insult: a rude expression intended to offend someone noun
to insult: to offend, to abuse, to call names verb

Examples

  • "Definition: a written or spoken expression of one's regret, remorse, or sorrow for having insulted, failed, injured, or wronged another."
  • "Are you trying to insult me?"
  • "Horatio : Bruno, I'm sorry I insulted your nose earlier."
  • "Bruno : Horatio, I apologize for insulting your English."
  • "The woman with the candles, she insults me."
  • "I don't believe Luna would ever insult anyone."
  • "Hannah : I have never been so insulted in my entire life."
  • "And don't insult the differently-sized."
  • "I was very rude and insulting to you, and in particular, I am sorry for calling you a C*%!"
  • "And was it really necessary to insult my assistant?"
  • "Their young German star, Hans Kuper, was suspended by the club for insulting the kangaroo mascot of a rival team. Kuper was angry because the kangaroo apparently mocked him."
  • "You seem to have insulted a number of the staff, and one of Philip's clients left the canteen crying!"
  • "A rare Siberian tiger named "Shoshana" escaped from her pen at the San Francisco zoo yesterday night and attacked a crowd of seven teenagers who had been insulting her, seriously injuring all seven of them. An eighth person, a six year old boy named Timothy Aldridge, was licked by the tiger, and later said the tiger's tongue felt "like sandpaper" and that her breath smelled like "muffins"."
  • "If someone insults you, don't take it personally."

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