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Insulting

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adj. Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.

v. Present participle of insult.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Attacking; injurious.

Containing or inflicting insult; derogatory or abusive: as, insulting language.

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adj. expressing extreme contempt

Word Usage

"Parliament's joint human rights committee has called for the removal of the word "insulting" to raise the threshold of the offence, citing a case in which a teenager was arrested for calling Scientology a cult."

Equivalent

disrespectful

Form

insultingly

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

contemptuous rude abusive insolent impertinent

Verb Stem

insult

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

consulting exulting resulting