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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How to use insult in a sentence?

1. Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush:

   I think Donald Trump is trying to insult his way to the presidency and it's not gonna work.

2. Ryan Maue:

   This blizzard will further exacerbate flooding in Nebraska with the added insult of heavy snowfall to eventually melt.

3. Matthew Belloni:

   We will see how he (Gervais) handles it. Is there a place for that kind of sarcastic and insult-oriented comedy in Hollywood 2020? We'll see.

4. Foreign Minister Hector Timerman:

   It's not only a provocation for Argentina but is also an insult to the United Nations.

5. Bobby Medina:

   Typically you have one headliner at a Super Bowl, that headliner constructs a show, and, should they choose to have other guests, that’s their choice. It was an insult to say you needed two Latinas to do the job that one artist historically has done.