Definition of insult

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Insult (v. t.) The act of leaping on; onset; attack.

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Rasp :: Rasp (v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To grate harshly upon; to offend by coarse or rough treatment or language; as, some sounds rasp the ear; his insults rasped my temper..
Slang :: Slang (v. t.) To address with slang or ribaldry; to insult with vulgar language.
Insultable :: Insultable (a.) Capable of being insulted or affronted.
Railing :: Railing (a.) Expressing reproach; insulting.
Fig :: Fig (n.) To insult with a fico, or contemptuous motion. See Fico..
Taunt :: Taunt (n.) Upbraiding language; bitter or sarcastic reproach; insulting invective.
Flout :: Flout (n.) A mock; an insult.
Railer :: Railer (n.) One who rails; one who scoffs, insults, censures, or reproaches with opprobrious language..
Insultation :: Insultation (n.) The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.
Insolence :: Insolence (n.) Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.
Insulter :: Insulter (n.) One who insults.
Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult..
Affront :: Affront (n.) Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.
Affronter :: Affronter (n.) One who affronts, or insults to the face..
Floutingly :: Floutingly (adv.) With flouting; insultingly; as, to treat a lover floutingly..
Disturb :: Disturb (v. t.) To agitate the mind of; to deprive of tranquillity; to disquiet; to render uneasy; as, a person is disturbed by receiving an insult, or his mind is disturbed by envy..
Abusive :: Abusive (a.) Practicing abuse; prone to ill treat by coarse, insulting words or by other ill usage; as, an abusive author; an abusive fellow..
Expose :: Expose (v. t.) To lay bare; to lay open to attack, danger, or anything objectionable; to render accessible to anything which may affect, especially detrimentally; to make liable; as, to expose one's self to the heat of the sun, or to cold, insult, danger, or ridicule; to expose an army to destruction or defeat..
War :: War (n.) A contest between nations or states, carried on by force, whether for defence, for revenging insults and redressing wrongs, for the extension of commerce, for the acquisition of territory, for obtaining and establishing the superiority and dominion of one over the other, or for any other purpose; armed conflict of sovereign powers; declared and open hostilities..
Insult :: Insult (v. t.) Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity..
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