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Adjective insulting has 2 senses
- abusive, insulting, opprobrious, scornful, scurrilous - expressing offensive reproach
Antonyms: inoffensive, unoffending (indirect, via offensive)
- contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful - expressing extreme contempt
Antonym: respectful (indirect, via disrespectful)
Verb insult has 1 sense
- diss, insult, affront - treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"
--1 is one way to hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
Sample sentences:
Sam cannot insult Sue
The performance is likely to insult Sue
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