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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insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home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
Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Oftentimes, it’s meant as an insult, designed to minimize people who can't speak English and are trying to live, work, or operate on US soil.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
To add injury to insult, Falcons wide receiver Drake London suffered a sprained shoulder late in the game after catching passes for 55 yards.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Trump has repeatedly targeted Schiff and routinely hurls insults at the lawmaker, who was a central figure in his first impeachment.
—Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
Oftentimes, it’s meant as an insult, designed to minimize people who can't speak English and are trying to live, work, or operate on US soil.
—Doug Melville, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
These summaries read like a bad high school essay and insult your audience's intelligence.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
To add injury to insult, Falcons wide receiver Drake London suffered a sprained shoulder late in the game after catching passes for 55 yards.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insult
Verb
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Jokes can offend, annoy, insult or fall flat.—
Diane Brady,
Fortune,
19 Sep. 2025
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There was no accessible list of people supposedly celebrating Kirk’s murder, and a submissions portal for offending posts about him remained inactive.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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However, the sarcasm was lost on younger social media users who claimed to attempt it.—
Ashleigh N. DeLuca,
Parents,
16 Sep. 2025
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The video’s comment section is filled with sarcasm.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In fact, Western leaders are mostly appeasing domestic constituencies outraged by the suffering of ordinary Gazans.—
Bloomberg Opinion,
Twin Cities,
16 Sep. 2025
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Other Sky fans were similarly surprised and outraged by an unexpected announcement of an automatic renewal with a substantial increase last year.—
Ben Pickman,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Long Walk is unsparing in its depiction of violence, as well as the other indignities the boys face along the way.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
11 Sep. 2025
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Today, the Court needlessly subjects countless more to these exact same indignities.—
Dan Gooding
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Insult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insult. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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