insult

  • 41insult — verb ɪn sʌlt speak to or treat with disrespect or abuse. noun ɪnsʌlt 1》 an insulting remark or action.     ↘a thing so worthless or contemptible as to be offensive: the pay offer is an absolute insult. 2》 Medicine an event which causes damage to… …

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  • 42insult — [16] The sult of insult comes from a word that meant ‘jump’. Its source was Latin insultāre ‘jump on’, a compound verb based on saltāre ‘jump’. This was a derivative of salīre ‘jump’, source in one way or another of English assail, assault,… …

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  • 43Insult comedy — is a comedy genre in which the act consists mainly of offensive insults directed at the performer s audience and/or other performers. Typical targets for insult include individuals in the show s audience, the town hosting the performance, or the… …

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  • 44insult someone's intelligence — insult someone’s intelligence phrase to treat someone as if they are stupid Don’t insult my intelligence by making ridiculous excuses. Thesaurus: to be cruel or unkind to someonesynonym Main entry: insult …

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  • 45Insult, Injury, Etc — Infobox Album Name = Insult, Injury, Etc... Type = Studio Album Artist = The Goodwill Released = March 8, 2005 Format = CD Recorded = Brooklyn, New York Genre = Post hardcore,Pop punk Length = Label = Abacus Recordings Producer = Dean Baltulonis… …

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  • 46Insult to Injury — Infobox Album Name = Insult to Injury Type = studio Artist = Whiplash Released = August 14, 1990 Recorded = Genre = Thrash metal Length = 36:52 Label = Roadrunner Records Producer = Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p …

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  • 47insult someone's intelligence — to treat someone as if they are stupid Don t insult my intelligence by making ridiculous excuses …

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  • 48Insult — Schub; Anfall * * * In|sụlt 〈m. 1〉 1. 〈Rechtsw.〉 Beleidigung, Beschimpfung; Sy Insultation 2. 〈Med.〉 Anfall, Schädigung, Verletzung [<frz. insulte „Beleidigung“; zu lat. insultare „verspotten“] * * * In|sụlt, der; [e]s, e [mlat. insultus =… …

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  • 49insult — Synonyms and related words: abase, abuse, affront, airs, arrogance, asperse, aspersion, atrocity, barb, be above, be contemptuous of, brickbat, call names, care nothing for, clannishness, cliquishness, contemn, contempt, contemptuousness,… …

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  • 50insult — in|sult Mot Agut Nom masculí …

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