I.
noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ bad , grave , great , terrible
▪
one of the worst ~s you can throw at somebody
▪ final , ultimate
▪
To call a woman a girl is the ultimate ~.
▪ calculated , deliberate ( esp. BrE )
▪ direct ( esp. AmE )
▪ personal
VERB + INSULT
▪ hurl , shout , throw
▪
They were hurling ~s at the police.
▪ mean sth as
▪
I don't mean this as an ~, but I think the team would play better without you.
▪ take sth as
▪
I meant it as a bit of constructive advice, but he took it as a personal ~
▪ endure , suffer
▪
Foreigners have to suffer constant ~s from the local population.
▪ exchange , trade
▪
The two groups of fans exchanged ~s.
INSULT + VERB
▪ fly
▪
Insults were flying back and forth.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
It was an ~ to his wife.
PHRASES
▪ add ~ to injury
▪
Then, to add ~ to injury (= to make things worse) , they told me I couldn't get on the flight.
▪ an ~ to your intelligence
▪
The questions were a real ~ to our intelligence (= because they were too easy) .
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ publicly
▪
He was dismissed for publicly ~ing prominent politicians.
PHRASES
▪ be ~ed , feel ~ed
▪
I felt deeply ~ed that she hadn't asked me to the meeting.
Insult is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ intelligence