I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
shout abuse/insults
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He was surrounded by a group of boys who shouted abuse at him.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
intelligence
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You insult my intelligence with your crude methods!
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I wouldn't insult their intelligence by lying and we had a healthy respect for each other.
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George tells the jury he will not insult their intelligence by developing a point any further, then develops it.
■ VERB
feel
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Mr Hunt said Diaz lost control when he felt he was being insulted and goaded by the other group of people.
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Staff would feel insulted if they were told they had to go to such workshops, so they must be mandatory.
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So feel free to make the case, and I will feel free to be insulted .
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So Giuliani felt free to insult the United Nations and stage this infantile parking snit.
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When my friends visit me I never feel insulted by what they bring, nor if they come empty-handed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I won't insult you by explaining the rules of the game.
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In some cultures, you insult your host if you do not accept their offer of food.
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Jarvis was fired for insulting a customer.
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questions that insult the intelligence of the interviewee
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They offered me $20 for a whole day's work - I felt really insulted.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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I want to insult this guy.
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She hadn't called him ever since she had insulted him.
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She went out of her way to pass near him, and he went out of his way to insult her.
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Then the chief insulted him and the pony, saying the animal looked just like a mud pony.
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Those who invoke it are signalling an equivocal stance on slavery, at best, and thus are insulting all black people.
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You insult my intelligence with your crude methods!
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
final
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That was the final insult , then.
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The final insult , Blanche knew, would be the smile Taczek would sport when released.
personal
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He took it as a personal insult .
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We would try to top the others in hurling personal insults .
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The political campaign degenerated into the ugliest in recent memory. Personal insults and accusations swamped efforts to debate policies.
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I saw this small sum not as a personal insult but as a gain for the charity I was supporting.
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They stood on the concrete steps reviewing the dismal scene as if it were a personal insult .
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Lewis seemed to be taking it as a personal insult that the family had come to the Hebrides for their summer holiday.
■ VERB
add
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If your Night Goblins have bows they can add further insult by taking pot shots at the enemy while he squirms.
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There was no point Tuesday in adding to the insult of the Bulls' 9-46 record.
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The, to add insult to injury, it started raining heavily.
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Then, to add insult to penury, the bond market exploded.
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But the finger stayed down and, to add insult , Sri Lanka's batsmen trotted a cheeky leg bye.
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Further, as described earlier, adding insult to injury, in their first months they had created additional work for themselves.
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To add insult to injury the roof leaked.
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To add insult to injury, our family health services authority is returning our claims for Haemophilus influenzae type B immunisation unpaid.
hurl
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There is not much to be achieved by hurling insults .
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We would try to top the others in hurling personal insults .
trade
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The two men continued to trade heartfelt insults , the gist of which revealed normally submersed beliefs.
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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)
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She heard the boys hurling abuse at her, shouting to her to stop, but she shut her ears to them.
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There is not much to be achieved by hurling insults.
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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
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People over age 65 who work get fewer benefits and, to add insult to injury , they have to pay more in taxes.
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The bank not only refused to refund the money but, to add insult to injury, charged me for the letter telling me so!
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Moreover, and to add insult to injury, these off-centre policies are never supported by a clear majority of the electorate.
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The, to add insult to injury, it started raining heavily.
trade insults/blows etc
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He was more than prepared to trade blows with the former circus act Benichou.
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The two camps traded insults, moans and jeers, threatening occasionally to turn the proceedings into an intramural debate.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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I said something about her new hairstyle and she took it as an insult .
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Outside the pub, a drunk was shouting insults at everyone who came past.
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People were hurling insults at the players as they walked off the pitch.
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She took it as a personal insult that you did not ask her opinion about your book.
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The longer he talked, the more insults the crowd yelled at him.
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You mustn't wear your shoes inside the temple -- it is a great insult .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Adding insult to injury, a double cross awaits our luckless hero in the final stanza.
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But the finger stayed down and, to add insult , Sri Lanka's batsmen trotted a cheeky leg bye.
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Despite the threats, the insults, the accusations, had she thought he would never physically strike her?
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Gable regards this as an insult to the audience handed out by critics who consider themselves on a higher level.
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In such a case, honest insult , based upon fact, would make us feel more comfortable.
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Melinda Mullins -- a presence to remember -- plays the prima donna, Hilary, who tosses off an insult a minute.
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Would she scream insults, or perhaps cling on to him for grim death and beg for another chance?