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insulting

[in-suhl-ting]

adjective

  1. giving or causing insult; characterized by affronting rudeness, insolence, etc.

    Synonyms: , , , , ,


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Other 51Թ Forms

  • insultingly adverb
  • uninsulting adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of insulting1

First recorded in 1585–95; insult + -ing 2
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He left his role as a judge on ITV show Britain's Got Talent that year after an audio recording of him making insulting comments about contestants were made public.

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Those portrayals were insulting, said Ms Haley, adding that Weinstein's continued denial of the allegations pushed her to "keep showing up" in court.

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Deputy leader Daisy Cooper said: "It's insulting that the Conservatives think a few warm words will fool people into forgiving them for all the damage they did to the economy and people's livelihoods."

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Here and there it asks you to credit something a little beyond belief, without insulting the show’s emotional intelligence.

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IRNA, Iran's state media, reported that a French diplomat had been summoned in Tehran so that it could formally protest the comments as "insulting and unfounded".

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