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Definition of insult : 1. Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity.
2. The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
3. To behave with insolence; to exult.
4. To leap or jump.
5. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
6. To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.

Synonyms:

contumely, abuse, diss, outrage, slight, dig, offend, opprobrium, affront, slap in the face, huff, name-calling, malignment, put-down, aggravate, provoke, insolence, displease, vilification, scurrility, misuse, offense, respect, curse, ill-treatment, twit, snub, impudence, incivility, vex, blasphemy, revilement, miff, give offense to, annoy, laughter, slander, add insult to injury, ignominy, discourtesy, pique, exasperate, impertinence, tease, wound, ill-usage, irritate, pain, despite, attack, libel, maltreatment, rudeness, black eye

contempt (part of speech: noun)

disesteem, antipathy, hauteur, disfavor, disparagement, invective, contumacy, disdain, renouncement

ridicule (part of speech: verb)

jesting, mock, abasement burlesque, deprecate, deride, flippancy, quip, gibe, mockery, irony, denigration, sneer, travesty, sneering, humiliation, caricature, ridicule, joke, irreverence, contempt, denigrate, deprecation, derision, burlesque, razz, scorn, disgrace, humiliate, fun, ride, kid, mimic, scoff, jeer, taunt, indignity, roast, jest, rag, shame

disrespect (part of speech: verb)

smear, stain, sully, soil, disrespect

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