insulting
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
insulting (comparative more insulting, superlative most insulting)
- Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
- He received an insulting letter.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
containing insult, or having the intention of insulting
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Verb[edit]
insulting
Noun[edit]
insulting (plural insultings)
- The act of giving insult.
- a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of a Peacable Temper and Carriage (sermon):
- grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his affliction
- 1689, Thomas Smith, diary
- Many were the outragings and insultings of the Indians upon the English while Sir Edmund Andros was Governor.