insulting

English

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Adjective

insulting (comparative more insulting, superlative most insulting)

1. Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.

   He received an insulting letter.

Translations

containing insult, or having the intention of insulting

• Catalan: insultant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 侮辱的 (zh) (wǔrǔ de, wūrǔ de)

• Finnish: loukkaava
• French: outrageant (fr)
• German: beleidigend (de)
• Greek: προσβλητικός (el) (prosvlitikós)
• Italian: adontoso (it), oltraggiatore, ingiurioso, oltraggioso, offensivo (it)

• Japanese: 蔑ろな (ないがしろな, naigashiro na), 侮辱的な (ぶじょくてきな, bujokuteki na)
• Latin: insultans, iniuriosus
• Polish: obraźliwy (pl)
• Romanian: insultător (ro), ofensator (ro)
• Russian: оскорби́тельный (ru) (oskorbítelʹnyj)
• Sanskrit: अकीर्तिकर (akīrtikara)
• Serbo-Croatian: увредљив / uvredljiv
• Spanish: afrentoso

Derived terms

• insultingly

Verb

insulting

1. Present participle of insult.

Noun

insulting (plural insultings)

1. The act of giving insult.
   • Isaac Barrow

     grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his affliction

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