adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
word
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There was also the problem of defining the use of insulting words and behaviour.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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advice that is extremely insulting to unemployed people
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He was accused of using threatening or insulting behaviour and of assaulting a police officer.
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I find his behaviour towards me extremely insulting .
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I find your criticism deeply insulting .
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I wasn't being deliberately insulting . I simply meant that more exercise would be good for you.
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It's insulting when people assume I must be a racist because I'm from the South.
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Patting a woman on the head can be insulting .
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Sexist language is very insulting to women.
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She started making insulting comments about the size of my stomach.