as in offence
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
panelists on that political talk show simply exchange insults, not ideas
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as in to offend
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home
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Recent Examples of insult
Michael McAuliffe, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2025
The spat turned personal on Thursday, with both men hurling insults at each other from their respective social media platforms.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 June 2025
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shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
They were punished with another partial stadium closure in April after displaying banners insulting ex-PSG player Rabiot during a game against Marseille.
—Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 31 May 2025
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Noun
Amid the insults and threats hurled across the political landscape, the risks of violence stemming from political and legal disagreements represent a governing challenge equal to the violence of the 1960s.
—Michael McAuliffe, Sun Sentinel, 10 June 2025
The spat turned personal on Thursday, with both men hurling insults at each other from their respective social media platforms.
—Lora Kolodny, CNBC, 10 June 2025
Verb
What To Know Wilders' party has called for an end to Islamic schools, Qurans or mosques and has a history of anti-Islam and anti-immigrant rhetoric, with the right wing firebrand having been convicted of discrimination after insulting Moroccan immigrants at a 2014 campaign rally.
—Brendan Cole
shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 June 2025
They were punished with another partial stadium closure in April after displaying banners insulting ex-PSG player Rabiot during a game against Marseille.
—Tomás Hill López-Menchero, New York Times, 31 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insult
Verb
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If the defendant in such a case wins the special motion and the offending cause of action is dismissed, then the defendant who brought the special motion must be awarded their attorney fees, expenses and costs in relation to the special motion.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Her parents, or the girl herself, may well be offended at the notion that her family cannot afford to meet your family’s dress standards.—
Judith Martin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 June 2025
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The tuna and oranges scene, which is famously our introduction to Rita’s sarcasm and her ability to eviscerate someone and be funny about it.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2025
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Comey laid out concerns that Steele's sarcasm and suggestions that Mia is lying are bordering on harassment and that Steele is adding to Mia's trauma.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
2 June 2025
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Those statements are stirring anger or frustration by Capitol siege victims, who are still outraged by the pardons President Trump issued to more than 1,500 Capitol riot defendants — including approximately 600 accused of assaulting police.—
Scott MacFarlane,
CBS News,
9 June 2025
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Pride & prejudice: Missouri’s sweeping stadium-funding plan has its fair share of skeptics, including some Republicans outraged over the Kansas City Royals’ Pride month post.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2025
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Democrats hammer indignity of Padilla episode Hours after senior U.S. Senator Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from a press briefing with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, House Democrats roamed the Capitol seeking an audience with GOP leadership.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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Some clients, such as the persistent, sympathetic Sophie (a terrifically brittle Zoë Winters), endure the indignities of the process in good faith, desperately submitting to one fruitless date after another.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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“Insult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insult. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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