Insult

//ɪnˈsʌlt//

Synonyms for "insult" (158 found)

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Closest matches (32)

Verb(1 words)
affront

Strong matches (47)

Noun(3 words)
disdisgracediss

Related words (79)

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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Related terms

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at location

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capable of

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causes

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causes desire

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derived

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has context

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is a

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related to

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Translations

222 translations across 67 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • fyej verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • shaj verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • αἰκία noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • λοιδορία noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • ὑβρίζω verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Arabic

4 entries
  • إهانة noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • سَبَّ verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • شتم verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • شَتَمَ verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Armenian

2 entries
  • վիրավորանք noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • վիրավորել verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Aromanian

2 entries
  • angiur verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • ngiur verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • təhqir noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • təhqir etmək verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Belarusian

3 entries
  • абра́за noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • абра́зіць verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • абража́ць verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • инсулт noun (something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes)
  • оби́да noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • оскърбле́ние noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • оби́дя verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Catalan

3 entries
  • insult noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • insult noun (something that causes offence)
  • insultar verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Chinese

1 entries
  • 無理 /无理 verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 侮辱 noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • 侮辱 verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Church Slavic

1 entries
  • обида noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Czech

3 entries
  • urážka noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • urazit verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • urážet verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Danish

1 entries
  • fornærmelse noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Dutch

2 entries
  • belediging noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • beledigen verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Esperanto

3 entries
  • insulto noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • insulti verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • ofendi verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Estonian

1 entries
  • solvang noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Faroese

1 entries
  • skemdarorð noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Finnish

4 entries
  • loukkaus noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • loukkaus noun (something that causes offence)
  • pahennus noun (something that causes offence)
  • parjaus noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

French

2 entries
  • insulte noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • insulter verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Galician

4 entries
  • deosto noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • deosto noun (something that causes offence)
  • insulto noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • insulto noun (something that causes offence)

Georgian

1 entries
  • შეურაცხყოფა verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

German

4 entries
  • Beleidigung noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • Beleidigung noun (something that causes offence)
  • Kränkung noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • Verletzung noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Greek

3 entries
  • προσβολή noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • προσβολή noun (something that causes offence)
  • προσβάλλω verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Hebrew

1 entries
  • עלבון noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अनादर noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • अनादर noun (something that causes offence)
  • अपमान noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • अपमान noun (something that causes offence)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • sértés noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • móðgun noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • skamma verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Irish

4 entries
  • achasán noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • masla noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • masla noun (something that causes offence)
  • tarcaisne noun (something that causes offence)

Italian

4 entries
  • affronto noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • ingiuria noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • insulto noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • offesa noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 侮辱 noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • 侮辱する verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Kabuverdianu

3 entries
  • karkuti noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • abuza verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • abuzá verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Khmer

4 entries
  • ការប្រមាថ noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • ផរុសសព្ទ noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • ឧបក្រោស noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • ដៀល verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Korean

2 entries
  • 모욕 noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • 모욕하다 verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Latin

4 entries
  • contumelia noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • convicium noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • maledictum noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • insultō verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Macedonian

3 entries
  • навреда noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • навреди verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • навредува verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Malayalam

4 entries
  • ആക്ഷേപ noun (something that causes offence)
  • ആക്ഷേപിക്കുക noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • അപമാനിക്കുക verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • നിന്ദിക്കുക verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Megleno-Romanian

1 entries
  • ạnjur verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Mongolian

3 entries
  • доромжлол noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • гутаах verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • доромжлох verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Māori

4 entries
  • muhani noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • muhani verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • muheni verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • whakamanioro verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Northern Sami

1 entries
  • ciellat verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Norwegian

1 entries
  • skjelle ut verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • fornærmelse noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • fornærming noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Occitan

2 entries
  • insult noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • insultar verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Old English

1 entries
  • fracoþ noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Old Gutnish

2 entries
  • þunki noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • þunki noun (something that causes offence)

Old Swedish

2 entries
  • þokki noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • þokki noun (something that causes offence)

Oromo

1 entries
  • arrabsuu verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Persian

2 entries
  • توهین noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • دشنام noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Polish

4 entries
  • awania noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • obraza noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • obraza noun (something that causes offence)
  • urąganie noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • insulto noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • insulto noun (something that causes offence)
  • ofensa noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • ofensa noun (something that causes offence)

Romanian

4 entries
  • injurie noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • insultă noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • jignire noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • insulta verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Russian

4 entries
  • оби́да noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • оскорбле́ние noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • оби́деть verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • обижа́ть verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Sanskrit

3 entries
  • आक्षेपः noun (something that causes offence)
  • निन्दा noun (something that causes offence)
  • निन्दति verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • inzult noun (something that causes offence)
  • inzult noun (something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes)
  • ȕvreda noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • у̏вреда noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Slovak

3 entries
  • urážka noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • uraziť verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • urážať verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Slovene

3 entries
  • žalitev noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • užaliti verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • žaliti verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Spanish

4 entries
  • improperio noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • insulto noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • insulto noun (something that causes offence)
  • ofensa noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Swahili

3 entries
  • matusi noun (something that causes offence)
  • tusi noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • kutukana verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Swedish

2 entries
  • förolämpning noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • förolämpa verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Thai

4 entries
  • หยาบคาย noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • หยาบคาย ไม่สุภาพ ไม่เป็นทางการ กระด้าง noun (something that causes offence)
  • ดูถูก verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • พูดคำไม่ดี คำหยาบคาย เพ้อเจ้อ ไร้สาระ verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Tibetan

1 entries
  • དམའ་འབེབ་བྱས verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Turkish

4 entries
  • aşağılama noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • aşağılama noun (something that causes offence)
  • eziyet noun (something that causes offence)
  • hakaret noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • обра́за noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • обра́зити verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • обража́ти verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Urdu

4 entries
  • توہین noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • اہانت کرنا verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • بے عزت کرنا verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • ذلیل کرنا verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Vietnamese

3 entries
  • lời xúc phạm noun (action or speech deliberately intended to be rude)
  • làm nhục verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))
  • xúc phạm verb (to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone))

Sample sentences

34 total sentences available.

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Your remark amounts almost to insult.

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It is an insult to her.

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That is a studied insult.

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It is nothing less than an insult to her.

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