insult
verb/ɪnˈsʌlt/
/ɪnˈsʌlt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they insult | /ɪnˈsʌlt/ /ɪnˈsʌlt/ |
| he / she / it insults | /ɪnˈsʌlts/ /ɪnˈsʌlts/ |
| past simple insulted | /ɪnˈsʌltɪd/ /ɪnˈsʌltɪd/ |
| past participle insulted | /ɪnˈsʌltɪd/ /ɪnˈsʌltɪd/ |
| -ing form insulting | /ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/ /ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/ |
- insult somebody/something to say or do something that offends somebody
- I have never been so insulted in my life!
- She felt insulted by the low offer.
- You insult my intelligence! (= you are treating me as if I am stupid)
Extra Examples- He was dismissed for publicly insulting prominent politicians.
- I felt deeply insulted that she hadn't asked me to the meeting.
- Do you really expect me to believe that? Don't insult my intelligence!
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- publicly
- be insulted
- feel insulted
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a verb in the sense ‘exult, act arrogantly’): from Latin insultare ‘jump or trample on’, from in- ‘on’ + saltare, from salire ‘to leap’. The noun (in the early 17th cent. denoting an attack) is from French insulte or ecclesiastical Latin insultus. The main current senses date from the 17th cent.Definitions on the go
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