insultableadj.
/ɪnˈsʌltəb(ə)l/ rare.
Capable of being insulted; open to insult; quick to feel insult.
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the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [adjective]
stomaching1579
pepper-nosed1580
ticklish1581
touchy1602
sensible1613
touchousa1618
tender1641
tickly1661
indigestive1670
snuffy1678
huffy1680
snuffish1689
sorea1694
mifty1699
resentive1710
sensitive1735
uppish1778
miffish1790
miffy1810
stomachy1825
porcupinish1829
insultable1841
offensible1846
highty-tighty1847
prickly1853
fuffy1858
piquable1860
offendable1864
raw1864
ear-sore1865
uffish1871
porcupiny1890
feisty1896
ticklish-tempered1897
toey1930
1841–4 R. W. Emerson Exper. in Wks. (1906) I. 186 The chagrins which the bad heart gives off..threaten or insult whatever is threatenable and insultable in us.
1868 A. B. Alcott Tablets 71 Civility has not completed its work if it leaves us unsocial, morose, insultable.
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adj.1841