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insult
noun as in hateful communication
Strongest matches
abuse, affront, blasphemy, contempt, disgrace, disrespect, indignity, invective, libel, outrage, put-down, scorn, shame, slander, slap, slight, snub, taunt
Strong matches
aspersion, contumely, derision, despite, discourtesy, disdainfulness, ignominy, impertinence, impudence, incivility, insolence, mockery, obloquy, offense, opprobrium, rudeness, scurrility, slam, superciliousness, vilification, vituperation
Weak matches
verb as in abuse, offend
Strongest matches
annoy, curse, humiliate, irritate, libel, mock, outrage, provoke, ridicule, slander, taunt
Strong matches
abase, affront, aggravate, blister, debase, degrade, deride, dishonor, disoblige, flout, gird, injure, jeer, pan, revile, roast, scoff, slam, slight, sneer, snub, tease, underestimate, vex
Weak matches
Example Sentences
And he sent out insulting full-staff emails pressuring career employees to retire.
The punishments were for "various prohibited items, insults, and discrimination in the stands", it said.
It was put to him that what he wrote was insulting and violent, and he agreed, but said: "Women have a right to defend themselves from strange men in their spaces."
“He hates Newsom. He hates his hair. He hates everything about him. But it isn’t the insults,” I was told.
To add insult to family injury, they decided not to use Westminster Abbey or St Paul's Cathedral for the ceremony.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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