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Insult
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The act of leaping on; onset; attack. [Obs.] Dryden.
2. Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity. The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief. Savage.
Synonyms: Affront; indignity; abuse; outrage; contumely. See Affront.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. [Obs.] Shak.
2. To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
1. To leap or jump. Give me thy knife, I will insult on him. Shak. Like the frogs in the apologue, insulting upon their wooden king. Jer. Taylor.
2. To behave with insolence; to exult. [Archaic] The lion being dead, even hares insult. Daniel. An unwillingness to insult over their helpless fatuity. Landor.