n. 25B6; verb he insulted my wife : ABUSE, be rude to, call someone names, slight, disparage, discredit, libel, slander, malign, defame, denigrate, cast aspersions on; offend, affront, hurt, humiliate, wound; informal bad-mouth; Brit. informal slag off; formal derogate, calumniate; rare asperse.
compliment.
25B6; noun he hurled insults at us : ABUSIVE REMARK, jibe, affront, slight, barb, slur, indignity; injury, libel, slander, defamation; abuse, disparagement, aspersions; informal dig, put-down, slap in the face, kick in the teeth.