insulted; insulting; insults
: to treat with insolence, indignity, or contempt : affront
also
: to affect offensively or damagingly
doggerel that insults the reader's intelligence
archaic
: to behave with pride or arrogance : vaunt
insulter
noun
1
: a gross indignity : an instance of insolent or contemptuous speech or conduct
2
: injury to the body or one of its parts
also
: something that causes or has a potential for causing such injury
pollution and other environmental insults
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