- present participle of insult.
insulting
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Most importantly, being in a less reactive state would give me a better shot at attaining my actual goal—getting medical coverage—instead of simply insulting a customer service person.
From Slate ● Sep. 27, 2026
She said it was not only "insulting", but made her consider what sort of training the staff might have had.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
The cycle has closed with almost insulting neatness: a new intervention, a new moral vocabulary, a new consumer workaround — and Cartman, once again, looking for a way to change without changing very much.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026
Gary Oldman as Jackson Lamb seems to take great delight in insulting you, especially after the politician River was supposed to protect gets hit on the head by a pot of paint and dies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
This is such an insulting thing to hear that I wouldn’t have been able to think of anything to say anyway, even if I was letting words out of my mouth.
From "Hurricane Child" by Kheryn Callender
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