as in offending
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home
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Recent Examples of insulting
Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 16 June 2025
And that isn’t meant to be insulting, but rather factual: Cameron is the first St. Joseph native to reach the major leagues since 1981, per Baseball Reference.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025
And the idea of cutting the number of restrooms is insulting to our thousands upon thousands of visitors from all over the world, from every state in the union, and every part of San Diego County.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
One of them told my mother that her spiritual adviser said that turning down an invitation was insulting and hurtful and should never be done.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
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To make matters worse for the 46-year-old politician, the Toronto superstar shared his insulting message on his Instagram story.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 16 June 2025
And that isn’t meant to be insulting, but rather factual: Cameron is the first St. Joseph native to reach the major leagues since 1981, per Baseball Reference.
—Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 4 June 2025
And the idea of cutting the number of restrooms is insulting to our thousands upon thousands of visitors from all over the world, from every state in the union, and every part of San Diego County.
—U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2025
One of them told my mother that her spiritual adviser said that turning down an invitation was insulting and hurtful and should never be done.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulting
Adjective
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Williams also played behind a worse offensive line, as evidenced by his 68 sacks taken to Love's 14.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 July 2025
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The Sun have also struggled to find any offensive rhythm since star guard Marina Mabrey suffered a left knee injury against the Wings on June 20.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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But those first two seasons are really timeless — thrilling, ambitious, outrageous to this day.—
Los Angeles Times Staff,
Los Angeles Times,
3 July 2025
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Whitehead said what’s happening now is a case of the internet doing what the internet often does: amplify the loudest and most outrageous voices.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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A far cry from the mild-mannered Peter Parker in Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man films, Tully is an abusive, hot-headed, and greedy slime ball who leverages post-war desperation into a thriving criminal business.—
Josh Weiss,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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Otero Cruz, from Women Against Abuse, said leaving an abusive relationship is the most dangerous time for survivors.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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On Wednesday, the President faced a barrage of ominous developments that might have fazed another leader—a worrisome jobs report, losses in federal court related to four of his signature policies, an increasingly vituperative public breakup with Elon Musk.—
Susan B. Glasser,
New Yorker,
5 June 2025
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Even before Trump took office, many scientists were reluctant to engage with the topic, for fear of being drawn into what has been a very public and vituperative debate.—
Daniel Engber,
The Atlantic,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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The justices who renounced that lie in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Center exposed themselves to scurrilous criticisms and even threats to their safety.—
The Editors,
National Review,
24 June 2025
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The good people of Lancaster County were innocent of the charges thrown at them by raving Southerners and scurrilous Democrats.—
Matthew Karp,
Harpers Magazine,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The use of obscene or profane language, personal attack, libel, slander, defamation, physical violence or the threat thereof, as determined by the presiding officer, shall constitute a disturbing a lawful meeting.—
Sharon Coolidge,
The Enquirer,
3 July 2025
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Meanwhile, the Astors, who had amassed a nearly obscene amount of real estate in New York City, became the country’s first multimillionaires by smuggling opium.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
3 July 2025
Adjective
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The juvenile in Canada was charged with indecent communications, uttering threats, public mischief and mischief over $5,000.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
11 Feb. 2025
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Cowan was arrested in August 2011 and charged with Daniel’s murder, indecent treatment and interfering with a corpse, the report states.—
Nicole Acosta,
People.com,
8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The explosion of sports betting might not be the reason for the increase in personal invective being spewed at games.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
25 June 2025
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Between the time the former Marine Soto was indicted in 2018 and sentenced in 2020, then-President Donald Trump offered up vitriolic invective to Mexican officials.—
Sean Campbell,
The Conversation,
23 May 2025
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“Insulting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulting. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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