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insulting

Adjective

∙ Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.

Verb

∙ present participle of insult

Noun

∙ The act of giving insult.

insult

Verb

∙ To offend (someone) by being rude, insensitive or insolent; to demean or affront (someone). [from 17th c.] transitive
∙ To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (over, against). [16th-19th c.] obsolete, intransitive
∙ To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. obsolete

Noun

∙ An action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude.
∙ Anything that causes offence/offense, e.g. by being of an unacceptable quality.
∙ Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes. medicine
∙ The act of leaping on; onset; attack. obsolete