insult
Definition
- n. a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
Word forms
- Past participle
- insulted
- Present participle
- insulting
- Past tense
- insulted
- Third person singular
- insults
Example sentences
n.
His comment was more of an insult than a joke.
vt.
She didn't mean to insult him, but her words hurt his feelings.