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insult to injury

insult to injury noun: harm, especially verbal, added to another, usually more substantive.

Noun

insult to injury (uncountable)

  1. Harm, especially verbal, added to another, usually more substantive.
    • The cross-examination of the plaintiff was just insult to injury, blaming the victim.

Origin of insult to injury

From add insult to injury.

Questions about insult to injury

What does insult to injury mean?
Insult to injury means harm, especially verbal, added to another, usually more substantive.
What part of speech is insult to injury?
Insult to injury is a noun.

Words near insult to injury in the dictionary

  1. insulous
  2. insulse
  3. insulsity
  4. insult
  5. insult one's intelligence
  6. insult to injury
  7. insultability
  8. insultable
  9. insultant
  10. insultants
  11. insultathon

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