insult

insult
v
1. affront, slight, Sl. put down, Sl. cut up, give offense to, disoblige; call names, Sl. rank out, fling dirt at, slap in the face, point at; denounce, decry, disparage, discredit, vilipend, depreciate, minimize; disdain, contemn, scout, flout; scorn, spurn, deride, misprize, jeer, ridicule, mock, scoff, laugh in or up one's sleeve at; burlesque, lampoon, make a fool of, guy, twit, gibe at, taunt, fleer; heckle, hoot, hiss, catcall, boo; abuse, wrong, vilify, impugn, traduce, slur, calumniate; blaspheme, profane, take [s.o.'s] name in vain; malign, defame, denigrate, slander, libel, Inf. backbite; gibbet, drag through the mud; humiliate, belittle, put to shame, shame, chagrin, disgrace, degrade; offend, injure, hurt, hurt the feelings of, harm, ill-treat, smart, wound, damage.
2. irritate, nettle, chafe, gall, Chiefly U.S. rile, disturb; annoy, make [s.o.'s] blood boil, raise [s.o's] dander, anger; vex, provoke, Inf. kick in the pants, aggravate, incense, inflame, exasperate, tease, Inf. rag, distress, fret; pique, Inf. miff, chafe, disgruntle, Inf. put [s.o.] off, give umbrage to, displease.
3. embarrass, disconcert, abash, mortify, Inf. gross out, upset; confuse, fluster, ruffle, discountenance, distract, discompose, confound.
4. snub, turn one's back upon, give the cold shoulder to, Inf. cold-shoulder, look coldly upon, keep at arm's length; overlook, disregard, ignore, pass by, push aside, show the door to; exclude, keep out.
n
5. affront, slight, slur, dig, barb, Sl. cut, Sl. put-down, slap in the face; abuse, contumely, contempt, disdain, scorn, disparagement; derision, ridicule, sarcasm, mockery, scoffing, sneering; flout, gibe, jeer, taunt, fling, quip; hoot, hiss, catcall, sibilation; vilification, impugnment, traducement, aspersion, calumniation, calumny, obloquy; maligning, defamation, denigration, slander, libel, Inf. backbiting; impertinence, insolence, flippancy, Inf. cheek, impudence, Inf. sauce, sauciness, Rare. procacity; obscenity, vulgarity, blasphemy, profanity, scurrility.
6. rudeness, disrespect, ill-treatment; offense, indignity, discourtesy, uncourteousness, incivility, dishonor, outrage; shame, disgrace, ignominy, degradation, humiliation, abasement, mortification; snub, cold shoulder, neglect, coldness, indifference; wound, blow, injury; provocation, kick in the pants, vexation, irritation, annoyance; short answer, rebuff, hard words, tartness, acerbity, acrimony.

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