insult: Meaning and Definition of

in•sult

1. to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
2. to affect as an affront; offend or demean.
3. to attack; assault.

1. to behave with insolent triumph; exult contemptuously (usually fol. by on, upon, or over).

1. an insolent or contemptuously rude action or remark; affront.
2. something having the effect of an affront: That book is an insult to one's intelligence.
1. an injury or trauma.
2. an agent that inflicts this.
4. an attack or assault.