insult

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Pronunciation[change]

Verb[change]

Plain form
insult

Third-person singular
insults

Past tense
insulted

Past participle
insulted

Present participle
insulting

  1. (transitive) If you insult someone, you say or do something rude to them.
    He insulted me by calling my country a dirty little city.

Noun[change]

Singular
insult

Plural
insults

  1. (countable) An insult is a rude word or action.
    The protesters yelled insults at the police.