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.

Derived terms

• insultingly

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)
• Hungarian: sértő (hu)
• Italian: adontoso (it), oltraggiatore, ingiurioso (it), 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)
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• 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)

Verb

insulting

1. present participle of insult

Noun

insulting (plural insultings)

1. The act of giving insult.
   • (Can we date this quote by Isaac Barrow and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his affliction

   • (Can we date this quote by Rev. Thomas Smith and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Many were the outragings and insultings of the Indians upon the English while Sir Edmund Andros was Governor.

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