insulting

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adjective

in·sult·ing in-ˈsəl-tiŋ

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: giving or intended to give offense : being or containing an insult (see insult entry 2 sense 1)

Without the wit, of course, such sentiments would be construed as deeply insulting …—

The American Scholar

… pasted insulting bumper stickers on their vehicles …—

James A. Michener

… considered the proposal so impracticable as to be insulting.—

Alice Adams

The book is "dumbed down" to an almost insulting level.—

Joel Bangilan

insultingly

in-ˈsəl-tiŋ-lē

adverb

But always his triumphs are the triumphs of a highly sensitive man: a man must feel insults before he can so insultingly and splendidly avenge them. —

G. K. Chesterton

He is a gifted preacher, fashioning sermons that are neither inaccessibly erudite nor insultingly shallow. —

Kevin Sack

insulting

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present participle of insult entry 1

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Joe Biden denounced offensive jokes that podcast host Tony Hinchcliffe made about Puerto Rico during Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally over the weekend, but the president also made a comment some prominent Republicans quickly called insulting to the former president's supporters. —

Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024 No matter, the response was swift and harsh from the often insulting and foul-mouthed Trump and other Republicans. —

Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2024 Why reach for the insulting explanation when a rational one will do? —

Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2024 Asked about her comments on Thursday, Gallego said Lake’s attack is characteristically insulting. —

Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for insulting