insult V1 V2 V3, insult Past and Past Participle Form Tense Verb 1 2 3
insult
Meanings;
- Speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse.(transitive verb)
- A disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or action.(noun)
- An event or occurrence that causes damage to a tissue or organ.(noun)
| Verb(V1) | Past Tense(V2) | Past Participle(V3) |
| insult | insulted | insulted |
| Verb – es(Ves) | Verb – ing(Ving) |
| insults | insulting |
Synonyms
offend, cause offence to, give offence to, affront, abuse, be rude to, call someone names, slight, disparage, discredit, libel, slander, malign, defame, denigrate, cast aspersions on, impugn, slur, revile, calumniate, abusive remark, jibe, affront, slight, snub, barb, slur, backhanded compliment, injury, libel, slander, defamation, abuse, disparagement, depreciation, impugnment, revilement, humiliation, indignity, insolence, rudeness,
Example Sentences with insult
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
Particularly black Americans, many of them, from quotes that I have seen and conversations I’ve had, are sort of insulted that the civil rights movement is being hijacked – the rhetoric of the civil rights movement is being hijacked for something like same sex marriage. Black Americans tend to have a higher degree of religiosity.
