insulting
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- expressing extreme contemptSynonyms: contemptuousdisdainfulscornful
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Insulting \In*sult"ing\, a. Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc. -- In*sult"ing*ly, adv.
Syn: Insolent; impertinent; saucy; rude; abusive; contemptuous. See Insolent. [1913 Webster]
Insult \In*sult"\, v. t. [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.] [1913 Webster]
1.To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
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. [1913 Webster]