insulting

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adjective

in·sult·ing in-ˈsəl-tiŋ

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: giving or intended to give offense : being or containing an insult (see insult entry 2 sense 1)

Without the wit, of course, such sentiments would be construed as deeply insulting …—

The American Scholar

… pasted insulting bumper stickers on their vehicles …—

James A. Michener

… considered the proposal so impracticable as to be insulting.—

Alice Adams

The book is "dumbed down" to an almost insulting level.—

Joel Bangilan

insultingly

in-ˈsəl-tiŋ-lē

adverb

But always his triumphs are the triumphs of a highly sensitive man: a man must feel insults before he can so insultingly and splendidly avenge them. —

G. K. Chesterton

He is a gifted preacher, fashioning sermons that are neither inaccessibly erudite nor insultingly shallow. —

Kevin Sack

insulting

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present participle of insult entry 1

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Courts should continue to quickly reject his absurd, insulting, and ahistorical legal arguments, which violate the clear text of the 14th Amendment. —

Elizabeth Wydra and Nina Henry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 For many, the very idea was insulting and represented an abandonment of loyal fans in Birmingham who can’t afford to fly out to the United States. —

Hannah Ryan, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025 There would be nothing more insulting to our democracy, and to the memory of those who died in connection to that day, than letting rioters walk free. —

Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025 This disastrous budget is even more insulting as Los Angeles County grapples with the devastation from four major fires. —

Bill Essayli, Orange County Register, 11 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for insulting