v.
/
ɪnˈsʌlt/
speak to or treat with disrespect or abuse.
n.
/
ˈɪnsʌlt/
- an insulting remark or action.
▸a thing so worthless or contemptible as to be offensive:
the pay offer is an absolute insult.
- Medicine an event which causes damage to a tissue or organ.
Derivative
- insulter n.
- insulting adj.
- insultingly adv.
Etymology
C16: from L. insultare ‘jump or trample on’; the noun is from Fr. insulte or eccles. L. insultus.