Thesaurus: insult

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1. v. t. The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
2. v. t. word/gross">Gross word/abuse">abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity.
3. v. t. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
4. v. t. To word/treat">treat with word/abuse">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.
5. v. i. To leap or jump.
6. v. i. To behave with insolence; to exult.
7. n. a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
8. n. a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
9. v. treat, mention, or speak to rudely
10. 1. The act of word/leaping">leaping on; word/onset">onset; attack. [Obs.] Dryden. 2. Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity. The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief. Savage. Syn. -- Affront; indignity; abuse; outrage; contumely. See Affront. 1. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. [Obs.] Shak. 2. 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. 1. To leap or jump. Give me thy knife, I will insult on him. Shak. Like the frogs in the apologue, insulting upon their wooden king. Jer. Taylor. 2. To behave with insolence; to exult. [Archaic] The lion being dead, even hares insult. Daniel. An unwillingness to insult over their helpless fatuity. Landor.
11. v:44/n:56 n. a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect