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Insulting
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Insulting
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offensive
One of the apprentices made an insulting remark to a passing officer.
He became quite verbally abusive and insulting.
The article was insulting to the families of British citizens.
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Insulting
see synonyms of insultingv. in·sult·ed, in·sult·ing, in·sults
v.tr.
1.
a. To treat with gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness. See Synonyms at offend.
b. To affront or demean: an absurd speech that insulted the intelligence of the audience.
2. Obsolete To make an attack on.
v.intr.
Archaic
Archaic
To behave arrogantly.
n. (ĭnsŭlt′)
1. An insulting remark or act.
2.
a. Medicine A bodily injury, irritation, or trauma.
b. Something that causes injury, irritation, or trauma: "the middle of the Bronx, buffeted and poisoned by the worst environmental insults that urban America can dish out" (William K. Stevens).
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