INSULT


Meaning of INSULT in English

I. verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

shout abuse/insults

He was surrounded by a group of boys who shouted abuse at him.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ NOUN

intelligence

You insult my intelligence with your crude methods!

I wouldn't insult their intelligence by lying and we had a healthy respect for each other.

George tells the jury he will not insult their intelligence by developing a point any further, then develops it.

■ VERB

feel

Mr Hunt said Diaz lost control when he felt he was being insulted and goaded by the other group of people.

Staff would feel insulted if they were told they had to go to such workshops, so they must be mandatory.

So feel free to make the case, and I will feel free to be insulted .

So Giuliani felt free to insult the United Nations and stage this infantile parking snit.

When my friends visit me I never feel insulted by what they bring, nor if they come empty-handed.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I won't insult you by explaining the rules of the game.

In some cultures, you insult your host if you do not accept their offer of food.

Jarvis was fired for insulting a customer.

questions that insult the intelligence of the interviewee

They offered me $20 for a whole day's work - I felt really insulted.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

I want to insult this guy.

She hadn't called him ever since she had insulted him.

She went out of her way to pass near him, and he went out of his way to insult her.

Then the chief insulted him and the pony, saying the animal looked just like a mud pony.

Those who invoke it are signalling an equivocal stance on slavery, at best, and thus are insulting all black people.

You insult my intelligence with your crude methods!

II. noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

final

That was the final insult , then.

The final insult , Blanche knew, would be the smile Taczek would sport when released.

personal

He took it as a personal insult .

We would try to top the others in hurling personal insults .

The political campaign degenerated into the ugliest in recent memory. Personal insults and accusations swamped efforts to debate policies.

I saw this small sum not as a personal insult but as a gain for the charity I was supporting.

They stood on the concrete steps reviewing the dismal scene as if it were a personal insult .

Lewis seemed to be taking it as a personal insult that the family had come to the Hebrides for their summer holiday.

■ VERB

add

If your Night Goblins have bows they can add further insult by taking pot shots at the enemy while he squirms.

There was no point Tuesday in adding to the insult of the Bulls' 9-46 record.

The, to add insult to injury, it started raining heavily.

Then, to add insult to penury, the bond market exploded.

But the finger stayed down and, to add insult , Sri Lanka's batsmen trotted a cheeky leg bye.

Further, as described earlier, adding insult to injury, in their first months they had created additional work for themselves.

To add insult to injury the roof leaked.

To add insult to injury, our family health services authority is returning our claims for Haemophilus influenzae type B immunisation unpaid.

hurl

There is not much to be achieved by hurling insults .

We would try to top the others in hurling personal insults .

trade

The two men continued to trade heartfelt insults , the gist of which revealed normally submersed beliefs.

The two camps traded insults , moans and jeers, threatening occasionally to turn the proceedings into an intramural debate.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

heap praise/insults etc on sb

hurl abuse/insults/accusations etc (at sb)

She heard the boys hurling abuse at her, shouting to her to stop, but she shut her ears to them.

There is not much to be achieved by hurling insults.

When I first met her she had been hurling abuse at her daughters-in-law who took no notice whatsoever.

to add insult to injury

People over age 65 who work get fewer benefits and, to add insult to injury , they have to pay more in taxes.

The bank not only refused to refund the money but, to add insult to injury, charged me for the letter telling me so!

Moreover, and to add insult to injury, these off-centre policies are never supported by a clear majority of the electorate.

The, to add insult to injury, it started raining heavily.

trade insults/blows etc

He was more than prepared to trade blows with the former circus act Benichou.

The two camps traded insults, moans and jeers, threatening occasionally to turn the proceedings into an intramural debate.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

I said something about her new hairstyle and she took it as an insult .

Outside the pub, a drunk was shouting insults at everyone who came past.

People were hurling insults at the players as they walked off the pitch.

She took it as a personal insult that you did not ask her opinion about your book.

The longer he talked, the more insults the crowd yelled at him.

You mustn't wear your shoes inside the temple -- it is a great insult .

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

Adding insult to injury, a double cross awaits our luckless hero in the final stanza.

But the finger stayed down and, to add insult , Sri Lanka's batsmen trotted a cheeky leg bye.

Despite the threats, the insults, the accusations, had she thought he would never physically strike her?

Gable regards this as an insult to the audience handed out by critics who consider themselves on a higher level.

In such a case, honest insult , based upon fact, would make us feel more comfortable.

Melinda Mullins -- a presence to remember -- plays the prima donna, Hilary, who tosses off an insult a minute.

Would she scream insults, or perhaps cling on to him for grim death and beg for another chance?

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