Definition of insults Insults
/ɪnsʌˈlts/ - [insults] -
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What does insults mean?
Wiktionary 
- insults (Noun)
Plural of insult.
Part of speech
🔤WordNet
NounPlural: insults |
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| insult - a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult" | ||
| affront | ||
| offensive activity, discourtesy, offence, offense a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others | ||
| indignity an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem | ||
| insult - a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" | ||
| abuse, revilement, contumely, vilification | ||
| discourtesy, disrespect a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others | ||
| low blow unscrupulous abuse | ||
| billingsgate, scurrility foul-mouthed or obscene abuse | ||
| stinger, cut a sharp stinging blow | ||
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Wiktionary
- insult (Noun)
An action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude. - insult (Noun)
Anything that causes offence/offense by being of an unacceptable quality. - insult (Noun)
Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes. - insult (Verb)
To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- insult (v. t.)
The act of leaping on; onset; attack. - insult (v. t.)
Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity. - insult (v. t.)
To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. - insult (v. t.)
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. - insult (v. i.)
To leap or jump. - insult (v. i.)
To behave with insolence; to exult.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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insult
To assault verbally; to be deliberately rude to. -
insult
Coarse, insulting speech or expression. -
insult
To put someone down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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insult
in-sult′, v.t. to treat with indignity or contempt: to abuse: to affront.—n. (in′sult) abuse: affront: contumely.—adjs. Insult′able, capable of being insulted; Insult′ant (rare), insulting.—n. Insult′er (obs.), one who makes an attack.—adj. Insult′ing, conveying insult: insolent: contemptuous.—adv. Insult′ingly, in an insulting or insolent manner.—n. Insult′ment (Shak.), insult. [Fr.,—L. insultāre—insilīre, to spring at—in, upon, salīre, to leap.]
Wikipedia 
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An insult is a description of someone that will offend them. It may or may not be true, but it is called "derogatory" language. Terms like foolish, stupid, idiot moron and grow a pair are insults, because they suggest that a person's mind is not quick or smart.
Insulting one's mother directly is a serious insult in many cultures.
Ritual insults are part of many cultures, mainly in sports and military training. They are also very common in jargons - for example, most references to newbies in net jargon are insults.
One should be very careful when using unfamiliar terms for others.
Reason.
Usually to make the insulter feel like they are superior to the insulted because they feel inferior for some reason.
