Synonyms for insult
ɪnˈsʌlt; ˈɪn sʌltin·sult

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1. insultverb

   To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (over, against).

   Synonyms:
   disgrace, slight, offend, affront, abuse, pejorative, offence, slur, outrage, offense, slam

2. insultnoun

   To offend (someone) by being rude, insensitive or insolent; to demean or affront (someone).

   The way the orchestra performed tonight was an insult to my ears.

   Synonyms:
   offend, slight, affront, abuse, slur, disgrace, slam, outrage, pejorative, offense, offence

3. insultnoun

   Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes.

   Synonyms:
   abuse, disgrace, slur, slam, affront, offense, outrage, slight, pejorative, offence

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1. insult

   One may be annoyed by the well-meaning awkwardness of a servant, irritated by a tight shoe or a thoughtless remark, vexed at some careless neglect or needless misfortune, wounded by the ingratitude of child or friend. To tease is to give some slight and perhaps playful annoyance. Aggravate in the sense of offend is colloquial. To provoke, literally to call out or challenge, is to begin a contest; one provokes another to violence. To affront is to offer some defiant offense or indignity, as it were, to one's face; it is somewhat less than to insult. Compare PIQUE.

   Synonyms:
   affront, aggravate, annoy, displease, exasperate, irritate, offend, provoke, tease, vex, wound

   Antonyms:
   conciliate, content, gratify, honor, please

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1. insultverb

   Synonyms:
   affront, outrage, dishonor, provoke, mock, ridicule

   Antonyms:
   respect, salute, honor, praise, flatter, compliment, gratify

2. insultnoun

   Synonyms:
   affront, abuse

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1. abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilificationnoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   smear, ill-treatment, malignment, contumely, vilification, revilement, ill-usage, misuse, affront, maltreatment, abuse

2. insult, affrontverb

   a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect

   "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"

   Synonyms:
   abuse, vilification, affront, contumely, revilement

3. diss, insult, affrontverb

   treat, mention, or speak to rudely

   "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"

   Synonyms:
   diss, affront

Matched Categories

1. • Disrespect

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1. insultnoun

   Synonyms:
   affront, offence, indignity, outrage, abuse

2. insultverb

   Synonyms:
   affront, offend, abuse, treat with insolence, offer an indignity to

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1. insultnoun

   Synonyms:
   indignity, affront

2. insultverb

   Synonyms:
   offend, affront, flout

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1. List of paraphrases for "insult":

   affront, insults, insulting, offend, insulted, mockery, impugning, outrage, snub, slur, humiliation, offence, contempt

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1. Richard Ottaway:

   The Chinese government's decision to prevent the foreign affairs committee entering Hong Kong is an insult to the House of Commons and the UK as a whole, the British government should react more strongly to this unprecedented and overtly confrontational act, including by summoning the Chinese Ambassador to the FCO (Foreign Office).

2. President George W. Bush:

   Come on. Give me a break. I mean, do we want to win? Do we want to insult 53% of all voters? what Donald Trump said is wrong. That is not how we win elections.

3. Danny Aiello:

   People call me an instinctive actor. I used to consider that an insult early on, only because I had never studied.

4. Cornell William Brooks:

   In respect to the song being sung for a black player does not make it any less offensive to black people, that does not mitigate the insult and injury at all, the fact that this may have been some kind of personal celebration does not in any way speak that it is politically insulting.

5. Ryan Pack:

   If you ever need a good insult you can say: At least I'm not so deplorable the toilet regurgitated me.