Crossword-Solution: INSULT
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Insult | v. t. | The act of leaping on; onset; attack. |
| Insult | v. t. | Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity. |
| Insult | v. t. | To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. |
| Insult | v. t. | 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. |
| Insult | v. i. | To leap or jump. |
| Insult | v. i. | To behave with insolence; to exult. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| INSULT | anagram | INLUST, SUNLIT |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
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greedy person
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Sentences with INSULT (5)
With a stealthy step he entered, Round the lodge in wild disorder Threw the household things about him, Piled together in confusion Bowls of wood and earthen kettles, Robes of buffalo and beaver, Skins of otter, lynx, and ermine, As an insult to Nokomis, As a taunt to Minnehaha.
Escaping, the Fly said mockingly, “You who have wished to revenge, even with death, the Prick of a tiny insect, see what you have done to yourself to add insult to injury?” The Bald Man replied, “I can easily make peace with myself, because I know there was no intention to hurt.
The label `newbie' is sometimes applied as a serious insult to a person who has been around USENET for a long time but who carefully hides all evidence of having a clue.
What’s up?” “Oh, nothing, Sir Percy,” replied Marguerite, with a certain amount of gaiety, which, however, sounded somewhat forced, “nothing to disturb your equanimity—only an insult to your wife.” The laugh which accompanied this remark was evidently intended to reassure Sir Percy as to the gravity of the incident.
And, without all the deeper trust in a comprehensive sympathy above us, we might hence be led to suspect the insult of a sneer, as well as an immitigable frown, on the iron countenance of fate.
Quotes with INSULT (3)
Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult.
She sighed, annoyed at her restlessness. “So,” she said, disrupting Wolf in another backward glance.“Who would win in a fight — you or a pack of wolves?” He frowned at her, all seriousness. “Depends,” he said, slowly, like he was trying to figure out her motive for asking. “How big is the pack?”“I don’t know, what’s normal? Six?”“I could win against six,” he said. “Any more than that and it could be a close call.” Scarlet smirked. “You’re not in danger of low self-esteem, at …
The truth is always an insult or a joke, lies are generally tastier. We love them. The nature of lies is to please. Truth has no concern for anyone's comfort
Where this answer appears
Appears in: AARP, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 64 times in crossword archives (1951–2025).