Definition of insult

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Insult (v. t.) 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..

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Indignity :: Indignity (n.) Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult..
Fig :: Fig (n.) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico..
Affront :: Affront (n.) Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult..
Scorn :: Scorn (n.) To treat with extreme contempt; to make the object of insult; to mock; to scoff at; to deride.
Charivari :: Charivari (n.) A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult..
Insultment :: Insultment (n.) Insolent treatment; insult.
Abuse :: Abuse (v. t.) Vituperative words; coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; virulent condemnation; reviling..
Railingly :: Railingly (adv.) With scoffing or insulting language.
Insultation :: Insultation (n.) Exultation.
Insultation :: Insultation (n.) The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.
Flout :: Flout (n.) A mock; an insult.
Betongue :: Betongue (v. t.) To attack with the tongue; to abuse; to insult.
Insult :: Insult (v. t.) To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
Insulting :: Insulting (a.) Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc..
Taunt :: Taunt (n.) Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.
Insultable :: Insultable (a.) Capable of being insulted or affronted.
Taunt :: Taunt (v. t.) To reproach with severe or insulting words; to revile; to upbraid; to jeer at; to flout.
Provocation :: Provocation (n.) Such prior insult or injury as may be supposed, under the circumstances, to create hot blood, and to excuse an assault made in retort or redress..
Trample :: Trample (v. t.) Fig.: To treat with contempt and insult.
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