insulting
adjective/ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/
/ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/
- causing or intending to cause somebody to feel offended
- insulting remarks
- insulting to somebody/something She was really insulting to me.
Extra Examples- He made the question sound almost insulting.
- Her tone was deliberately insulting.
- His opinions are highly insulting to women.
- I find it insulting to be spoken to in that way.
- He denies charges of insulting behaviour towards a police officer.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- sound
- …
- extremely
- fairly
- very
- …
- to
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