What is another word for insulting?
Synonyms for insulting
in·sult·ing
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
insulting
Synonyms:
awkward, bluff, blunt, boorish, brusk, clownish, coarse, discourteous, ill-behaved, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, impudent, insolent, raw, rude, rustic, uncivil, uncouth, unmannerly, unpolished, untaught, untutoredAntonyms:
accomplished, civil, complaisant, courteous, courtly, cultivated, cultured, elegant, genteel, gracious, obliging, polished, polite, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered
Princeton's WordNet
contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornfuladjective
expressing extreme contempt
Synonyms:
contemptuous, haughty, disdainful, swaggering, overbearing, prideful, imperious, scornful, supercilious, lordly, sniffyAntonyms:
respectful
Dictionary of English Synonymes
insultingadjective
Synonyms:
insolent, impudent, impertinent, saucy, abusive, vituperative, ribald, blackguard
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
insultingadjective
Synonyms:
offensive, contemptuous, contumelious, scurrilous
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "insulting":
offensive, insult, insulted, abusive, desecrating, degrading, humiliating, derogatory, outrageous, demeaning
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3079 | raw | |
#6274 | offensive | |
#11372 | blunt | |
#11750 | bluff | |
#12199 | rude | |
#13365 | abusive | |
#14475 | coarse | |
#15519 | rustic | |
#17155 | outrageous | |
#17452 | awkward | |
#17766 | insult | |
#25644 | insulting | |
#26371 | degrading | |
#34738 | humiliating | |
#38251 | insulted | |
#42627 | derogatory | |
#53063 | haughty | |
#62854 | demeaning | |
#64264 | overbearing | |
#70480 | insolent | |
#71724 | impolite | |
#76304 | contemptuous | |
#84515 | uncivil | |
#88982 | imperious | |
#98549 | uncouth | |
#100005 | scornful | |
#101268 | disdainful | |
#103529 | impudent | |
#109233 | impertinent | |
#109339 | unpolished | |
#117069 | boorish | |
#121548 | swaggering | |
#128829 | lordly | |
#149426 | prideful | |
#166887 | supercilious | |
#172837 | discourteous | |
#187854 | desecrating | |
#201184 | untutored | |
#237471 | clownish | |
#238463 | sniffy | |
#261906 | untaught |
How to use insulting in a sentence?
You can't cherry pick and choose when you want to be a conservative, fiscal hawk, that's just insulting to our intelligence, and shame on Rand Paul -- Rand Paul lack humanity, Rand Paul lack leadership.
We don't need the big dog on the stage, barking out stuff, insulting people, we need someone that has a proven record. That has a servant's heart.
The military has no dignity, going against amendments to the constitution is insulting the people and disrespectful to the country.
This is a very insulting excuse to our ancestors.
We heard John Fetterman won't debate Oz in the 'first week of September.' OK, so when will he debate? He won't ever say – not even in his latest whiny statement, john Fetterman's campaign is insulting the intelligence of Pennsylvania voters.
Translations for insulting
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- insultantCatalan, Valencian
- beleidigendGerman
- προσβλητικόςGreek
- afrentosoSpanish
- loukkaavaFinnish
- outrageantFrench
- oltraggiatore, adontoso, oltraggioso, ingiurioso, offensivoItalian
- 侮辱的, 蔑ろJapanese
- iniuriosus, insultansLatin
- obraźliwyPolish
- insultante, injurioso, injuriantePortuguese
- insultător, ofensatorRomanian
- оскорби́тельныйRussian
- förolämpandeSwedish
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