as in offence
an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings
panelists on that political talk show simply exchange insults, not ideas
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as in to offend
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home
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Recent Examples of insult
Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
The insults soon devolve into sarcastically miming each other’s words like little kids.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 26 June 2025
Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025
In a series of posts on Truth Social, Trump has repeatedly insulted Powell and called him names.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 26 June 2025
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Noun
But the men fell out dramatically days later, trading insults in an acrimonious public feud that included Musk taking credit for Trump’s election victory.
—Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2025
The insults soon devolve into sarcastically miming each other’s words like little kids.
—Jake Kring-Schreifels, Time, 26 June 2025
Verb
That word—entitled—is frequently thrown around to insult this generation, but there are some cases in which the unabashed expectation of fair treatment is a clear source of strength.
—Emma Sarappo, The Atlantic, 25 June 2025
In a series of posts on Truth Social, Trump has repeatedly insulted Powell and called him names.
—Jim Edwards, Fortune, 26 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insult
Verb
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The firing of career prosecutors calls to mind how Bondi, as Florida attorney general, forced out two assistants who offended a Jacksonville company linked to mortgage fraud investigations.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
14 July 2025
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Some of Lamar’s bars in that track offended Drake and helped ignite their public feud.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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Fans in the comments applauded Carpenter’s use of sarcasm to indirectly address the hoopla.—
Sam Reed,
Glamour,
26 June 2025
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There’s always a little colored sarcasm in our music, there’s a little tongue-in-cheek, but then there is always some really deep meaningful subject matter on our records, too.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
25 June 2025
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The release also outraged some supporters of the president, who had been promised that more details would be made public.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
14 July 2025
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What further outraged Roberts and another Cook accuser, however, is what did not appear in the report: that the mayor, who was married and more than 30 years older than each woman at the time, sent them late-night and personal texts alluding to poetry.—
Jordan Smith,
IndyStar,
4 July 2025
Noun
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Brought on as a substitute in the 71st minute of Everton’s 1-1 draw with Manchester United in December 2019, Kean, then just 19, endured football’s ultimate indignity as he was hauled off just 18 minutes later by interim manager Duncan Ferguson.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
8 July 2025
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Despite all the indignities to which it’s been subjected, the show closes with its most unsparing season yet, an indictment of societies where money trumps humanity that roots out all forms of complicity—especially our own.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
27 June 2025
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“Insult.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insult. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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