Insulting

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  insulting
       adj 1: expressing offensive reproach [syn: {abusive}, {opprobrious},
               {scornful}, {scurrilous}]
       2: expressing extreme contempt [syn: {contemptuous}, {disdainful},
           {scornful}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "insulting":
     abusive, arrogant, atrocious, audacious, backhand, backhanded,
     bumptious, calumnious, cold, contumelious, cool, degrading,
     disdainful, familiar, forward, hubristic, humiliating, insolent,
     left-handed, obtrusive, offensive, outrageous, overpresumptuous,
     overweening, presuming, presumptuous, procacious, pushy, scurrile,
     scurrilous, unspeakable, uppish, uppity