| Definitions | | insult |
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noun
- An action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude.
- Anything that causes offence/offense by being of an unacceptable quality.
- The way the orchestra performed tonight was an insult to my ears.
Translations: - German: Beleidigung
(trans-mid)
(trans-bottom)
to be checked
verb
- (transitive) To offend someone by being rude, insensitive or insolent
- (transitive) To demean or affront
Translations: - French: insulter
- German: beleidigen
(trans-mid)
- Italian: offendere, insultare
- Spanish: insultar
(trans-bottom)
Etymology: insultare, to jump at, from salireLatin, salire, to jump
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