insult

1. 1.

   a rude expression intended to offend or hurt

   “when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse”

   “they yelled insults at the visiting team”

   Synonymsabuserevilementcontumelyvilification

   Broaderdisrespect

   Narrowerlow blowscurrilitystingervituperation
2. 2.

   a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect

   “turning his back on me was a deliberate insult”

   Synonymsaffront

   Broaderdiscourtesy

   Narrowerindignityscandalization

1. 1.

   treat, mention, or speak to rudely

   “He insulted her with his rude remarks”

   “the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone”

   Synonymsdissaffront

   Broaderhurt

Other forms of insult

plural

insults·

past tense

insulted·

present participle

insulting·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about insult

What does insult mean?

insult means "a rude expression intended to offend or hurt". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in insult?

insult has 2 syllables: in-sult. The stress falls on "sult". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈsʌlt/.

What is another word for insult?

Close synonyms include abuse, revilement, contumely, vilification, affront. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is insult a common word?

insult is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with insult?

1 word rhymes with insult. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.