Word Meaning

insult definition and meaning

v. t. The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
v. t. Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity.
v. t. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
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.
v. i. To leap or jump.
v. i. To behave with insolence; to exult.

Crossword clues for insult

- Abuse
- Affront
- Behave rudely to
- Disparage
- Disparaging comment
- Offend
- Offensive remark
- Outrage
- Speak rudely to some Bedouin sultan, adding it to injury