insult
Example Sentences
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Casting a human loss in the language of insult revealed how little moral gravity has to register before it is turned into another battle cry.
From Salon
Barack Obama is also the subject of humorless insults.
From Salon
Part hobo, part insult comic, part performance artist, Diogenes flaunted his disregard for convention in ways that scandalized the bourgeoisie of Athens and, later, Corinth, after his banishment from Sinope became permanent.
Calling for his release through pressure is an insult both to the rule of law and diplomacy.
And though Mike, as the show’s conscience, tended to make entirely reasonable arguments, it was Archie’s insulting dismissals as he called him “Meathead” that earned the laughs.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
