Word "INSULT" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
Synonyms:
affront
Examples:
turning his back on me was a deliberate insult

Part of Speech:
Verb
Definition:
treat, mention, or speak to rudely
Synonyms:
affront, diss
Examples:
He insulted her with his rude remarks

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
Synonyms:
abuse, contumely, revilement, vilification
Examples:
they yelled insults at the visiting team

Crossword Clues for INSULT

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Clue Source Date
An affront to inertial navigation system last month (6)
Behave rudely to (6)
"That's adding ___ to injury" (6)
Slight wound (6)
Sunlit but was an affront (6)
Abuse Mirror Tea Time 17 Mar 2024
Slight LA Times Daily 29 Feb 2024
Offend section of Bedouin Sultanate (6)
Slur Mirror Quick 13 Jan 2024
At home, lust treated as offence Mirror Cryptic 13 Jan 2024
Slight gains ultimately reduced all round The Times Cryptic 08 Jan 2024
Slight The Telegraph Quick 24 Dec 2023
Treat with indignity or boastful insolence (6)
Complains, ultimately taking offence The Telegraph Cryptic 23 Nov 2023
Complains, ultimately taking offence (6)
Dig LA Times Daily 15 Oct 2023
Offend LA Times Daily 18 Jun 2023
Disrespectful comment concealed in Berlin's ultimatum The Times Cryptic 25 May 2023
Roast remark Universal 20 May 2023
Add ___ to injury (make a situation worse)
Disparaging remark Thomas Joseph 04 Mar 2023
'It's really difficult to underestimate you,' for one New York Times 10 Feb 2023
Abuse left for one during current legal action The Telegraph Cryptic 20 Oct 2022
Diss USA Today 17 May 2022
Speak to or treat with disrespect Irish Times Simplex 02 May 2022
There's no acai in Saint Lucia to put down locally? Irish Times Crosaire 27 Apr 2022
Rude comment The Guardian Quick 30 Mar 2022
Put down The Washington Post 17 Mar 2022
There's no acai in Saint Lucia to put down locally? Irish Times Crosaire 09 Mar 2022
Hurtful remark Universal 26 Dec 2021
Dig popular ruler going two-thirds of the way? The Times Cryptic 19 Nov 2021
Put down New York Times 18 Nov 2021
Essence of a backhanded compliment The Washington Post Sunday 26 Sep 2021
There's no acai in Saint Lucia to put down locally? Irish Times Crosaire 11 Sep 2021
Slight damage — utensil losing tip of handle
Slight change isn't limiting usage to begin with
Affront Newsday 11 Apr 2021
Put-down The Washington Post 25 Jan 2021
Put-down LA Times Daily 25 Jan 2021
Affront The Telegraph Quick 23 Nov 2020
Show disrespect to The Times Concise 29 Oct 2020
Slight fractures at the back, until mended
There's no acai in Saint Lucia to put down locally? Irish Times Crosaire 16 Sep 2020
Slight loss of area from incomplete shield The Telegraph Toughie 21 Aug 2020
Hormone; take second in time for smear
Abuse popular American returning to Lithuania
Speak to or treat with disrespect Irish Times Simplex 30 Mar 2020
Speak rudely or offensively to Irish Times Simplex 14 Feb 2020
"Yo mama" joke, e.g.
Turn one's back on sunlit complex Irish Times Crosaire 19 Oct 2019
Offend leadership primarily in volatile Tunis Irish Times Crosaire 30 Sep 2019
56-Across damager The Washington Post 31 Aug 2019
56-Across damager LA Times Daily 31 Aug 2019
Abuse The Telegraph Quick 14 May 2019
Abuse The Times Concise 03 May 2019
Throws lint around US-returned in offensive action 
56-Across damager
Rude remark Newsday 16 Dec 2018
Remark that hurts The Washington Post 07 Oct 2018
Remark that hurts LA Times Daily 07 Oct 2018
Slight trace of Bedouin Sultan
Offend Newsday 19 Mar 2018
Rialto isn't in illustration and that's a snub Irish Times Crosaire 03 Mar 2018
Show contempt to The Telegraph Quick 07 Feb 2018
Zinger at a roast USA Today 02 Feb 2018
Remark that hurts
Zinger at a roast
Slap in the face The Washington Post 03 Oct 2017
Slap in the face LA Times Daily 03 Oct 2017
Remark from Don Rickles New York Times 21 Sep 2017
Affront Thomas Joseph 22 Aug 2017
Dig Wall Street Journal 22 Jul 2017
Treat disrespectfully The Times Concise 30 May 2017
Slight alteration in units about length
It could be added to injury Universal 23 Mar 2017
Disrespectful remark The Times Concise 25 Jan 2017
Remark from Don Rickles
Slap in the face
I seek advice, ditching company for rude behaviour
Slight change in sensuality, easy to be overlooked
Offensive remark The Telegraph Quick 23 Apr 2016
No bar in tribunals or crack for the locals Irish Times Crosaire 23 Mar 2016
Refusal of hospitality, often LA Times Daily 28 Nov 2015
Dis but not dat? New York Times 15 Nov 2015
Slight loss at end of this month and last one The Telegraph Toughie 17 Sep 2015
Slight change until accepting source of sickness The Telegraph Cryptic 16 Sep 2015
Slap cause, maybe LA Times Daily 05 Sep 2015
Treat with disrespect The Times Concise 01 Sep 2015
Avoiding A&E, bandage injury The Telegraph Cryptic 27 Aug 2015
Provocation for a duel Universal 04 Jul 2015
Abuse criminal until spectators start to intervene
Refusal of hospitality, often
Provocation for a duel
Dis
Facing attack, Arab leader dismissing article's abuse The Telegraph Toughie 01 Jan 2015
Dis but not dat?
Slap cause, maybe
Don Rickles specialty
Sunlit cheek?
Slight, say
Relative of a raspberry
What's added to injury
Part of a shock jock's shtick
It may be added to injury
Offensive remark
It can be added to injury
Affront
Dig
Slight
Dig
Slight
Dig
Affront
Affront
Slap
Affront
Dig
Offend, in a way
"Your 5-Down wears army boots!" e.g.
Part of a shock jock's shtick
Provocation for a duel
Dump on
Offend
Rickles riposte
Rude remark
Dis
Injury addition
Offend, in a way
It may be added to injury
Slur
Affront
Affront
Injury addition
Rude action
Injury's partner
Addendum to injury
Scurrility
Denigration
Affront.
No compliment.
Duel prelude.
Verbal slap.
Offend.
"Yo Mama" joke line, e.g.
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