Meaning of INSULTING
| Pronunciation: | | in'sulting
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- [adj] expressing offensive reproach
- [adj] expressing extreme contempt
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INSULTING is a 9 letter word that starts with I. |
| | Synonyms: | | abusive, contemptuous, disdainful, disrespectful, offensive, opprobrious, scornful, scurrilous |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \In*sult"ing\, a.
Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to
insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc. --
{In*sult"ing*ly}, adv.
Syn: Insolent; impertinent; saucy; rude; abusive;
contemptuous. See {Insolent}.
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| | Related Terms: | | abusive, arrogant, atrocious, audacious, backhand, backhanded, bumptious, calumnious, cold, contumelious, cool, degrading, disdainful, familiar, forward, hubristic, humiliating, insolent, left-handed, obtrusive, offensive, outrageous, overpresumptuous, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, procacious, pushy, scurrile, scurrilous, unspeakable, uppish, uppity |
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