Lexic.us

Definition of Insult

1. Verb. Treat, mention, or speak to rudely. "The performance is likely to insult Sue"; "The student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"

2. Noun. A rude expression intended to offend or hurt. "They yelled insults at the visiting team"

3. Noun. A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect. "Turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"

Definition of Insult

1. n. The act of leaping on; onset; attack.

2. v. t. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.

3. v. i. To leap or jump.

Definition of Insult

1. Verb. (obsolete intransitive) To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (over, against). (defdate 16th-19th c.) ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To offend (someone) by being rude, insensitive or insolent; to demean or affront (someone). (defdate from 17th c.) ¹

3. Noun. An action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude. ¹

4. Noun. Anything that causes offence/offense by being of an unacceptable quality. ¹

5. Noun. (medicine) Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Insult

1. to treat offensively [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Insult

1. Injury or trauma, attack. Origin: L. Insultus = attack This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insult

insulinogenic insulinogogue insulinoma insulinomas insulinomata insulinopenic insulinopenic diabetes insulinotropic insulins insulite

insulitis insuloma insulous insulse insulsity insult (current term) insult to injury insultable insultathon insultathons

insultation insultations insulted insulter insulters insulteth insulting insultingly insultingness insultive

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