insulting

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/

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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 (fi)
• 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
• Maori: hākiki
• Polish: obraźliwy (pl)
• Portuguese: insultante (pt), injurioso (pt), injuriante
• Romanian: insultător (ro), ofensator (ro)
• Russian: оскорби́тельный (ru) ‎(oskorbítelʹnyj)
• Sanskrit: अकीर्तिकर (akīrtikara)
• Serbo-Croatian: увредљив / uvredljiv
• Spanish: afrentoso (es)
• Swedish: förolämpande (sv)

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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