'Insulting' definitions:
Definition of 'insulting'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Definition of 'Insulting'
From: GCIDE
- Insulting \In*sult"ing\, a. Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc. -- {In*sult"ing*ly}, adv.
- Syn: Insolent; impertinent; saucy; rude; abusive; contemptuous. See Insolent. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Insulting'
From: GCIDE
- Insult \In*sult"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Insulting.] [F. insulter, L. insultare, freq. fr. insilire to leap into or upon; pref. in- in, on + salire to leap. See Salient.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'insulting'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abusive,
- arrogant,
- atrocious,
- audacious,
- backhand,
- backhanded,
- bumptious,
- calumnious,
- cold,
- contumelious,
- cool,
- degrading,
- disdainful,
- familiar,
- forward,
- hubristic,
- humiliating,
- insolent,
- left-handed,
- obtrusive,
- offensive,
- outrageous,
- overpresumptuous,
- overweening,
- presuming,
- presumptuous,
- procacious,
- pushy,
- scurrile,
- scurrilous,
- unspeakable,
- uppish,
- uppity