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in·sult
I. \ə̇nˈsəlt\ verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French insulter, from Latin insultare, literally, to spring upon, leap, from in- in- (II) + -sultare (from saltare to leap) — more at saltant
intransitive verb
1. archaic : to behave with pride or insolence : display arrogance or contempt : exult or boast usually insolently or contemptuously : triumph, vaunt
2. obsolete : to make an attack or assault
transitive verb
1.
a. : to treat with insolence, indignity, or contempt by word or action : affront wantonly
< his impertinences insulted his sister's guests >
b. : to make little of : affect offensively or depreciatively
< insulted the traditions of the sea by ordering “right” and “left” to be substituted … for “starboard” and “port” — Bruce Bliven b. 1889 >
< editorial slovenliness that insults the reader's mind >
2. obsolete : to make an attack on : assault, assail; especially : to make a sudden military attack on without the usual preliminaries or formalities
Synonyms: see offend
II. \ˈinˌsəlt\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French or Late Latin; Middle French insult, insulte, from Late Latin insultus, probably from Latin in- in- (II) + -sultus (from saltus leap) (probably influenced by Latin insultare to insult, spring upon); akin to Latin salire to leap — more at sally
1. archaic : an act of attacking : onset, attack
2. : a gross indignity offered to another either by word or act : an act or speech of insolence or contempt
< his words were a studied insult >
< such an offer was an insult to our intelligence >
3. : damage or an instance of injury to the body or one of its parts
< repeated acute vascular insults >
< any insult to the constitution of a patient suffering from active tuberculosis — Journal American Medical Association >
also : an agent that produces such an insult
< a thermal insult >
< damage resulting from malnutritional insults >
Synonyms: see affront |