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insult
noun as in hateful communication
Strongest matches
abuse, affront, blasphemy, contempt, disgrace, disrespect, indignity, invective, libel, outrage, put-down, scorn, shame, slander, slap, slight, snub, taunt
Strong matches
aspersion, contumely, derision, despite, discourtesy, disdainfulness, ignominy, impertinence, impudence, incivility, insolence, mockery, obloquy, offense, opprobrium, rudeness, scurrility, slam, superciliousness, vilification, vituperation
Weak matches
verb as in abuse, offend
Strongest matches
annoy, curse, humiliate, irritate, libel, mock, outrage, provoke, ridicule, slander, taunt
Strong matches
abase, affront, aggravate, blister, debase, degrade, deride, dishonor, disoblige, flout, gird, injure, jeer, pan, revile, roast, scoff, slam, slight, sneer, snub, tease, underestimate, vex
Weak matches
Example Sentences
And he certainly has gone out of the way to mock, insult, and humiliate Scarborough and Brezinski.
A 21-year-old has become the latest Ugandan TikToker to be sent to prison after creating a video that was said to insult President Yoweri Museveni.
Years before the Baum insult, the two-time Emmy nominee had been candid about her journey to Hollywood, telling The Times in 2022 that it had been far from easy.
This was interpreted in Israel as an insult to Jews who had lost their lives in their country’s war of independence.
If the Senate doesn’t dismiss Gabbard’s nomination as an insult to the enterprise of intelligence gathering and analysis, then we are in serious trouble as a nation.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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