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Webster 1828 Edition


Insulting

INSULT'ING

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ppr.
Treating with insolence or contempt.

Definition 2024


insulting

insulting

English

Adjective

insulting (comparative more insulting, superlative most insulting)

  1. Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
    He received an insulting letter.

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Verb

insulting

  1. present participle of insult

Noun

insulting (plural insultings)

  1. The act of giving insult.
    • Isaac Barrow
      grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his affliction

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