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单词 insulting
释义
insultingin‧sult‧ing /ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/ ●●○ adjective Examples
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
  • advice that is extremely insulting to unemployed people
  • He was accused of using threatening or insulting behaviour and of assaulting a police officer.
  • I find his behaviour towards me extremely insulting.
  • I find your criticism deeply insulting.
  • I wasn't being deliberately insulting. I simply meant that more exercise would be good for you.
  • It's insulting when people assume I must be a racist because I'm from the South.
  • Patting a woman on the head can be insulting.
  • Sexist language is very insulting to women.
  • She started making insulting comments about the size of my stomach.
Thesaurus
THESAURUS
not following the rules of good social behaviour or treating other people with a lack of respect: · It’s rude to interrupt.· He’s the rudest man I’ve ever met.· rude remarks about her stomach
not following the rules of good social behaviour. Impolite sounds rather formal: · It is impolite to stare.· It’s not polite to talk with your mouth full of food.
British English, smart/sassy American English behaving in a way that is a little rude, especially when this is amusing or annoying – used especially about children: · a cheeky grin· Let go, you cheeky monkey (=cheeky child)!· Don’t get smart with me!
saying things that are likely to upset or embarrass someone, without intending to: · a tactless remark· How could you be so tactless?
speaking or behaving in a way that is likely to upset or offend someone: · His remarks are offensive to African-Americans.· offensive language
speaking or behaving in a way that is very rude and offensive to someone: · comments that are insulting to women· The article was full of insulting language.
formal rather rude. Discourteous sounds very formal and is often used when talking about being careful not to upset someone’s feelings: · He did not wish to appear discourteous towards his host.· It would seem discourteous to refuse her offer.
(also bad-mannered) especially written behaving in a rude way, especially because you have never been taught how to behave politely: · Ill-mannered movie-goers talked throughout the entire picture.· It was very bad-mannered.
not showing the proper respect for someone or something: · I felt her comments were disrespectful to all the people who have worked so hard on this project.
formal not showing a proper respect for someone, especially by asking or talking about subjects that you do not have a right to know about: · an impertinent question about his private life· an impertinent young man· Would it be impertinent to ask how old you are?
formal behaving in a way that is deliberately very rude to someone in authority: · The girl’s only response was an insolent stare.· Don’t be so insolent!
formal rude, and having no respect for people who are older or more important: · The boy gave an impudent smile.
showing a lack of respect for someone or something who people are supposed to respect – used especially about comedy programmes and newspaper articles: · an irreverent look at the week’s events· his irreverent sense of humour
Longman Language Activatorlanguage or behaviour that insults someone
insulting remarks or behaviour are very rude and you feel offended by them: · She started making insulting comments about the size of my stomach.· I wasn't being deliberately insulting. I simply meant that more exercise would be good for you.· He was accused of using threatening or insulting behaviour and of assaulting a police officer.· I find his behaviour towards me extremely insulting.· Sexist language is very insulting to women.
very rude and using offensive language: · The woman became angry and abusive when she was not allowed into the hotel.· Smith was fined £500 for making foul and abusive comments to match officials.· Drunken football fans began directing a stream of abusive language at the policemen. · The way pupils use sexually abusive language to insult each other presents particular problems for teachers.
words for describing behaviour, remarks etc that offend people
· Throughout the football game a small section of the crowd was chanting offensive slogans.· The BBC received a number of complaints about the offensive remarks made during the interview.deeply offensive (=very offensive) · These pornographic magazines are deeply offensive to women.offensive to · Your comments are offensive to all Jews.
behaviour, remarks etc that are insulting offend someone a lot because they show a lack of respect for them or for their ability, honesty etc: · It's insulting when people assume I must be a racist because I'm from the South.deeply insulting (=very insulting): · I find your criticism deeply insulting.insulting to: · advice that is extremely insulting to unemployed people
to offend a particular person or group of people by showing little respect for their intelligence, ability, beliefs etc: · Leaders described the mosque's destruction as an insult to Muslims.be an insult to somebody's intelligence/ability etc: · The lesson was awful. It was an insult to our intelligence.· If I didn't finish this meal it would be an insult to your superb cooking.
something that is objectionable is likely to offend people because it is morally unacceptable or very unpleasant: · I thought the bedroom scenes were pretty objectionable and unnecessary.· Our goal is to get rid of many of the objectionable features of capitalism.highly/deeply objectionable: · I find it highly objectionable to have to sit near people who are smoking.
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
· There was also the problem of defining the use of insulting words and behaviour.
 very rude and offensive to someone:  insulting remarksinsulting to Sexist language is insulting to women.► see thesaurus at rude—insultingly adverb
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