insulting

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/
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Adjective

insulting (comparative more insulting, superlative most insulting)

Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
He received an insulting letter.

Derived terms

insultingly

Translations

containing insult, or having the intention of insulting

Catalan: insultant (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 侮辱的 (zh) (wǔrǔ de, wūrǔ de)
Finnish: loukkaava (fi)
French: outrageant (fr)
German: beleidigend (de)
Greek: προσβλητικός (el) (prosvlitikós)
Hungarian: sértő (hu)
Italian: adontoso (it), oltraggiatore, ingiurioso (it), oltraggioso, offensivo (it)
Japanese: 蔑ろな (ないがしろな, naigashiro na), 侮辱的な (ぶじょくてきな, bujokuteki na)

Latin: insultans, iniuriosus
Maori: hākiki
Polish: obraźliwy (pl)
Portuguese: insultante (pt), injurioso (pt), injuriante
Romanian: insultător (ro), ofensator (ro)
Russian: оскорби́тельный (ru) (oskorbítelʹnyj)
Sanskrit: अकीर्तिकर (akīrtikara)
Serbo-Croatian: увредљив / uvredljiv
Spanish: afrentoso (es)
Swedish: förolämpande (sv)

Verb

insulting

present participle of insult

Noun

insulting (plural insultings)

The act of giving insult.
- Isaac Barrow
  grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his affliction
- Rev. Thomas Smith
  Many were the outragings and insultings of the Indians upon the English while Sir Edmund Andros was Governor.

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