insult

== English == === Etymology === The verb is derived from Middle French insulter (modern French insulter (“to insult”)) or its etymon Latin īnsultō (“to spring, leap or jump at or upon; to abuse, insult, revile, taunt”), the frequentative form of īnsiliō (“to bound; to leap in or upon”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + saliō (“to bound, jump, leap; to spring forth; to flow down”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to spring”)). The noun is derived from Middle French insult (modern French insulte (“insult”)) or its etymon Late Latin insultus (“insult, reviling, scoffing”), from īnsiliō (“to bound; to leap in or upon”); see above. === Pronunciation === Verb: (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ĭnsŭltʹ, IPA(key): /ɪnˈsʌlt/ Noun: enPR: ĭnʹsŭlt, IPA(key): /ˈɪnsʌlt/ Rhymes: -ʌlt Hyphenation: in‧sult === Verb === insult (third-person singular simple present insults, present participle insulting, simple past and past participle insulted) (transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.] Synonyms: disrespect, affront, disgrace, slander, discourtesy, offense Antonym: compliment (transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To assail, assault, or attack; (specifically, military) to carry out an assault, attack, or onset without preparation. (intransitive, obsolete) To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (against or over someone). [16th–19th c.] (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To leap or trample upon. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== insolence insultation ==== Translations ==== === Noun === insult (countable and uncountable, plural insults) (uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect. Synonyms: affront, (slang) diss, (obsolete) insultation, (Britain) offence, (US) offense, pejorative, (US, colloquial) slam, slight, slur; see also Thesaurus:offense Antonym: compliment (countable) Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality). Synonyms: disgrace, outrage (countable, uncountable, medicine) Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused. (countable, also figuratively, archaic) An assault or attack; (specifically, military, obsolete) an assault, attack, or onset carried out without preparation. (countable, obsolete) An act of leaping upon. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === insult on Wikipedia.Wikipedia insult (medical) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia insult (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === sunlit, unlist, unslit == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [inˈsul] IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [inˈsult] === Noun === insult m (plural insults) insult ==== Related terms ==== insultar ==== Further reading ==== “insult”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [inˈsult] === Verb === insult first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of insulta