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Definition of Insulting
1. Adjective. Expressing extreme contempt.
Similar to: Disrespectful
Derivative terms: Contempt, Contempt, Contempt, Contemptuousness, Disdainfulness
Definition of Insulting
1. a. Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc.
Definition of Insulting
1. Adjective. Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of insult) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Insulting
1. insult [v] - See also: insult
Lexicographical Neighbors of Insulting
Literary usage of Insulting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Law of Crimes by William Lawrence Clark, William Lawrence Marshall, Herschel Bouton Lazell (1905)
"It is well settled, as a general rule, that no words of reproach or contemptuous
gestures, however insulting, will constitute sufficient provocation to ..."
2. The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1866)
"manner the most harsh, insulting, and despotic, as if to provoke that prince to
... That, these violent and insulting measures failing to provoke the Rajah, ..."
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