- insulting adj
- On a peanut stand: If our peanuts were any fresher, they'd be insulting.
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insulting adj
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insulting — [adj] abusive biting, degrading, derogatory, discourteous, disparaging, disrespectful, hurtful, insolent, offensive, repulsive, ridiculing, rude, slighting, uncivil; concepts 267,529,537 … New thesaurus
insulting — adj. VERBS ▪ be, seem, sound ▪ become ▪ find sth ▪ I find it insulting to be spoken to in that way. ADVERB … Collocations dictionary
insulting — adj 1. offensive, slighting, Archaic. af frontive, disobliging, outrageous; disparaging, denouncing, derogatory, denunciable, discreditable, depreciating; disdainful, contemptuous, contemning, contemni ble, supercilious, contumelious, scouting,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
insulting — [[t]ɪnsʌ̱ltɪŋ[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ to n Something that is insulting is rude or offensive. The article was politically insensitive and possibly insulting to the families of British citizens... One of the apprentices made an insulting remark to … English dictionary
insulting — in|sult|ing [ınˈsʌltıŋ] adj very rude and offensive to someone ▪ insulting remarks insulting to ▪ Sexist language is insulting to women. >insultingly adv … Dictionary of contemporary English
insulting — insultingly, adv. /in sul ting/, adj. giving or causing insult; characterized by affronting rudeness, insolence, etc. [1585 95; INSULT + ING2] Syn. rude, discourteous, abusive, derogatory, offensive, nasty. * * * … Universalium
insulting — in sult·ing || ɪn sÊŒltɪŋ adj. offensive, rude and contemptuous in·sult || ɪn sÊŒlt n. affront, offense, rude remark or action v. speak or act in a rude or contemptuous manner, offend, affront … English contemporary dictionary
insult — [in sult′; ] for n. [ in′sult΄] vt. [MFr insulter < L insultare, to leap upon, scoff at, insult < in , in, on + saltare, freq. of salire, to leap: see SALIENT] 1. to treat or speak to with scorn, insolence, or great disrespect; subject to… … English World dictionary
salt n — assault n, insulting adj … English expressions
insult — [ˈɪnsʌlt] noun [C] I 1) an offensive remark 2) something that seems to show a lack of respect for someone or something This exam is an insult to my students intelligence.[/ex] • add insult to injury to do something that makes a bad situation even … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
