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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Insulting \In*sult"ing\, adjective Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc. -- {In*sult"ing*ly}, adverb
Syn: Insolent; impertinent; saucy; rude; abusive; contemptuous. See {Insolent}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Insult \In*sult"\, verb (used with an object) [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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
insulting
adjective
1: expressing offensive reproach [syn: {abusive}, {opprobrious}, {scornful}, {scurrilous}]
2: expressing extreme contempt [syn: {contemptuous}, {disdainful}, {scornful}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "insulting": abusive, arrogant, atrocious, audacious, backhand, backhanded, bumptious, calumnious, cold, contumelious, cool, degrading, disdainful, familiar, forward, hubristic, humiliating, insolent, left-handed, obtrusive, offensive, outrageous, overpresumptuous, overweening, presuming, presumptuous, procacious, pushy, scurrile, scurrilous, unspeakable, uppish, uppity
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