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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)

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

Translations

containing insult, or having the intention of insulting

Catalan: insultant (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 侮辱的 (zh) ‎(wǔrǔ de, wūrǔ de)
Finnish: loukkaava (fi)
French: outrageant (fr)
German: beleidigend (de)
Greek: προσβλητικός (el) ‎(prosvlitikós)
Italian: adontoso (it), oltraggiatore, ingiurioso, oltraggioso, offensivo (it)

Japanese: 蔑ろな ‎(ないがしろな, naigashiro na), 侮辱的な ‎(ぶじょくてきな, bujokuteki na)
Latin: insultans, iniuriosus
Maori: hākiki
Polish: obraźliwy (pl)
Portuguese: insultante (pt), injurioso (pt), injuriante
Romanian: insultător (ro), ofensator (ro)
Russian: оскорби́тельный (ru) ‎(oskorbítelʹnyj)
Sanskrit: अकीर्तिकर (akīrtikara)
Serbo-Croatian: увредљив / uvredljiv
Spanish: afrentoso (es)
Swedish: förolämpande (sv)

Derived terms

insultingly

Verb

insulting

present participle of insult

Noun

insulting ‎(plural insultings)

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

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