insult : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: insult	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for insult
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
insult n 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" Synonym(s): abuse, insult, revilement, contumely, vilification a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult" Synonym(s): insult, affront v treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone" Synonym(s): diss, insult, affront
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Insult \In"sult\, n. [L. insultus, fr. insilire to leap upon: cf. F. insulte. See {Insult}, v. t.] 1. The act of leaping on; onset; attack. [Obs.] --Dryden. 2. Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity. The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief. --Savage. Syn: Affront; indignity; abuse; outrage; contumely. See {Affront}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Insult \Insult"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Insulted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Insulting}.] [F. insulter, L. insultare, freq. fr. insilire to leap into or upon; pref. in- in, on + salire to leap. See {Salient}.] 1. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. [Obs.] --Shak. 2. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Insult \Insult"\, v. i. 1. To leap or jump. Give me thy knife, I will insult* on him. --Shak. Like the frogs in the apologue, insulting upon their wooden king. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To behave with insolence; to exult. [Archaic] The lion being dead, even hares insult. --Daniel. An unwillingness to insult over their helpless fatuity. --Landor.