Dictionary Entry
insult
insult is a 6-letter English word with 9 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of leaping on; onset; attack. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
6 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 9 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
- 2transitive verb
Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity.
- 3transitive verb
To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
- 4transitive verb
To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.
- 5intransitive verb
To leap or jump.
- 6intransitive verb
To behave with insolence; to exult.
- 7noun
a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
"turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"
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- 8noun
a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
"when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"
"they yelled insults at the visiting team"
- 9verb
treat, mention, or speak to rudely
"He insulted her with his rude remarks"
"the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"
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