insult
insult (ĭn-sŭltʹ) verb
insulted, insulting, insults
verb, transitive
1. a. To treat with gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness. See synonyms at offend. b. To affront or demean: an absurd speech that insulted the intelligence of the audience.
2. Obsolete. To make an attack on.
verb, intransitive
Archaic.
1. To behave arrogantly.
2. To give offense; offend: a speech that was intended to insult.
noun
(ĭnʹsŭlt)
1. An offensive action or remark.
2. Medicine. A bodily injury, irritation, or trauma.
[French insulter, from Old French, to assault, from Latin īnsultāre, to leap at, insult frequentative of īnsilīre, to leap upon : in-, on. See in-2 + salīre, to leap.]
insultʹer noun
insultʹingly adverb