ADD INSULT TO INJURY

Meaning of ADD INSULT TO INJURY in English

add another negative, make it worse

If you say his answer is wrong, and then say he can't understand, you've added insult to injury.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

ADD INSULT TO INJURY — hit someone when he is already down, hurt someone even more than he is already hurt
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — to make a bad relationship with sb worse by offending them even more
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — {v. phr.} 1. To hurt someone's feelings after doing him harm. * /He added insult to injury when he called …
Slang English vocab
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — • ↑ to add insult to injury
Longman Activator English vocab
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — {v. phr.} 1. To hurt someone's feelings after doing him harm. * /He added insult to injury when he called …
Словарь английских идиом
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — add another negative, make it worse, put your foot in it If you say his answer is wrong, and then …
English Idioms vocab
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — v. phr. 1. To hurt someone's feelings after doing him harm. He added insult to injury when he called the …
American Idioms English vocabulary
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — наносить новые оскорбления
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — наносить новые оскорбления
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — наносить новые оскорбления
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — наносить новые оскорбления
English-Russian-dictionary - Bed release
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — наносить новые оскорбления
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — наносить новые оскорбления
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — v. phr. добавлять, усугублять, доканыватьIn the beginning of the exercise there was a big storm, then to add insult to …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь сленга, жаргона, русских имен
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — добавлять, усугублять, доканывать
Англо-Русский словарь английских идиом
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — добавлять, усугублять, доканывать: In the beginning of the exercise there was a big storm, then to add insult to injury …
Англо-Русский словарь идиом
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — v. phr. добавлять, усугублять, доканыватьIn the beginning of the exercise there was a big storm, then to add insult to …
English Russian slang dictionary
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — v. phr. добавлять, усугублять, доканывать: In the beginning of the exercise there was a big storm, then to add insult …
Англо-Русский сленговый словарь
ADD INSULT TO INJURY — наносить новые оскорбления
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
INSULT — insulte (-ar), injurie (-ar)
English interlingue dictionary
INSULT — insulto;insultuhin;pagpakauwaw;pakaulaw
English-Visayan vocabulary
INSULT — I. verb see: saltation Date: 1540 intransitive verb to behave with pride or arrogance ; vaunt , transitive verb to …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
INSULT — I. ə̇nˈsəlt verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French insulter, from Latin insultare, literally, to spring …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INJURY — I. ˈinj(ə)rē, -ri noun ( -es ) Etymology: Middle English injurie, from Latin injuria, from injurus, injurius injurious, unjust, wrong …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ADD — I. ˈad, ˈaa(ə)d verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English adden, from Latin addere, from ad- + -dere to put …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
INSULT — (v. t.) To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a …
Английский словарь Webster
INJURY — (a.) Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, …
Английский словарь Webster
ADD — (v. t.) To join or unite, as one thing to another, or as several particulars, so as to increase the …
Английский словарь Webster
INSULT — ( v. t. ) To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INJURY — ( a. ) Any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ADD — ( v. t. ) To join or unite, as one thing to another, or as several particulars, so as to …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
INSULT — — insultable , adj. — insulter , n. v. /in sult"/ ; n. /in"sult/ , v.t. 1. to treat or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INJURY — /in"jeuh ree/ , n. , pl. injuries . 1. harm or damage that is done or sustained: to escape without …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ADD — — addable, addible , adj. — addedly , adv. /ad/ , v.t. 1. to unite or join so as to …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
INSULT — I. in-ˈsəlt verb Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French insulter, from Latin insultare, literally, to spring upon, from in- …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ADD — verb Etymology: Middle English, from Latin addere, from ad- + -dere to put — more at do Date: 14th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
INSULT — vi to leap or jump. 2. insult ·vt the act of leaping on; onset; attack. 3. insult ·vt to leap …
Webster English vocab
INJURY — adj any damage or violation of, the person, character, feelings, rights, property, or interests of an individual; that which injures, …
Webster English vocab
ADD — vt to append, as a statement; to say further. 2. add ·vt to give by way of increased possession (to …
Webster English vocab
INSULT — [in.sult] vb [MF or L; MF insulter, fr. L insultare, lit., to spring upon, fr. in- + saltare to leap--more …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ADD — [add] vb [ME, fr. L addere, fr. ad- + -dere to put--more at do] vt (14c) 1: to join or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
INSULT — I insult verb BrE AmE ɪn ˈsʌlt ▷ insult|ed ɪd əd ▷ insult|ing ɪŋ ▷ insult|s s II insult noun …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
INJURY — injur|y BrE AmE ˈɪn d ʒ ə r‿|i ▷ injur|ies iz ▶ ˈ injury time BrE AmE
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
INSULT — verb , noun ■ verb / ɪnˈsʌlt; NAmE / [ vn ] to say or do sth that offends sb …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INJURY — / ˈɪndʒəri; NAmE / noun ( pl. -ies ) injury (to sb/sth) 1. [ C , U ] harm done …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ADD — / æd; NAmE / verb 1. [ vn ] add sth (to sth) to put sth together with sth else …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INSULT — I. in ‧ sult 1 /ɪnˈsʌlt/ BrE AmE verb [transitive] [ Date: 1500-1600 ; Language: French ; Origin: insulter , …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
INJURY — in ‧ ju ‧ ry S3 W2 AC /ˈɪndʒəri/ BrE AmE noun ( plural injuries ) [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ADD — add S1 W1 /ˌæd/ BrE AmE verb [ Word Family: noun : ↑ addition , ↑ additive ; adjective : …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ADD — v.tr. 1 join (one thing to another) as an increase or supplement (add your efforts to mine; add insult to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ADD — v.tr. 1 join (one thing to another) as an increase or supplement (add your efforts to mine; add insult to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ADD — v.tr. 1. join (one thing to another) as an increase or supplement (add your efforts to mine; add insult to …
Oxford English vocab
INSULT — The verb is pronounced /ɪnsʌlt/. The noun is pronounced /ɪnsʌlt/. ( insulted) 1. If someone insults you, they say or …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INJURY — ( injuries) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. An injury is damage …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ADD — ( adds, adding, added) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If you …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
INSULT — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES shout abuse/insults ▪ He was surrounded by a group of boys who shouted abuse …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INJURY
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ADD — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a further/additional/added disadvantage ▪ It’s a very small garden and it has the further disadvantage …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
INSULT — [verb] [T]First he drank all my wine and then he insulted all my friends.I feel a bit insulted that anyone …
Cambridge English vocab
INJURY — [noun]An injury is (an example of) physical harm or damage done to a living thing.Brinkworth won't be playing in Saturday's …
Cambridge English vocab
ADD — [verb] - to put (something) with something else to increase the number or amount or to improve the wholeBeat the …
Cambridge English vocab
INSULT — See: ADD INSULT TO INJURY.
Slang English vocab
INJURY — n. Function: noun 1 an act or the result of inflicting something that causes loss or pain FF1C; we cannot …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
INJURY — noun 1. an act or the result of inflicting something that causes loss or pain we cannot forgive his injury …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary

English Idioms vocabulary

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