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insult


 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  insult 
 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  insult 
 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  insult 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  insult 
 
  1  sense  of  insult 
 
  Sense  1 
  insult,  affront 
  =>  hurt,  wound,  injure,  bruise,  offend,  spite 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  insult 
 
  insult  used  as  a  verb  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  insult 
 
  Sense  1 
  insult,  affront 
  =>  hurt,  wound,  injure,  bruise,  offend,  spite 
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  Grep  of  noun  insult 
  insult 
 
  Overview  of  noun  insult 
 
  The  noun  insult  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  abuse,  insult,  revilement,  contumely  --  (a  rude  expression  intended  to  offend  or  hurt;  "when  a  student  made  a  stupid  mistake  he  spared  them  no  abuse";  "they  yelled  insults  at  the  visiting  team") 
  2.  insult,  affront  --  (a  deliberately  offensive  act  or  something  producing  the  effect  of  an  affront;  "turning  his  back  on  me  was  a  deliberate  insult") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  insult 
 
  The  verb  insult  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  insult,  affront  --  (treat,  mention,  or  speak  to  rudely;  "He  insulted  her  with  his  rude  remarks") 
 
  Grep  of  adj  insult 
  insulted 
  insulting 
 
  Overview  of  noun  insult 
 
  The  noun  insult  has  2  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (2)  abuse,  insult,  revilement,  contumely  --  (a  rude  expression  intended  to  offend  or  hurt;  "when  a  student  made  a  stupid  mistake  he  spared  them  no  abuse";  "they  yelled  insults  at  the  visiting  team") 
  2.  insult,  affront  --  (a  deliberately  offensive  act  or  something  producing  the  effect  of  an  affront;  "turning  his  back  on  me  was  a  deliberate  insult") 
 
  Overview  of  verb  insult 
 
  The  verb  insult  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  insult,  affront  --  (treat,  mention,  or  speak  to  rudely;  "He  insulted  her  with  his  rude  remarks") 



insult definition