insulting
/ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/
insulting adjective: containing insult, or having the intention of insulting. Also the present participle and gerund of insult.
Adjective
insulting (comparative more insulting, superlative most insulting)
- Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
- He received an insulting letter.
- Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization.2023 November 28, Jill Filipovic, “Opinion: Elon Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and insulting”, in CNN
Noun
insulting (plural insultings)
- The act of giving insult.
- grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his afflictiona. 1678 (date written), Isaac Barrow, “(please specify the chapter name or sermon number)”, in The Works of Dr. Isaac Barrow. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to VII), London: A[braham] J[ohn]...
- Many were the outragings and insultings of the Indians upon the English while Sir Edmund Andros was Governor.1689, Thomas Smith, diary
Also used as
insulting is also the present participle and gerund of insult.
insulting meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
insulting in Hindi
- containing insult, or having the intention of insulting
- अपमानजनक apmānajnak
insulting in Marathi
- अपमान करणे
insulting in Urdu
- توہین آمیز
insulting in Bengali
- অপমান করা
More languagesFewer languages
- insulting in Telugu
- అవమానించడం
- insulting in Malayalam
- അപമാനിക്കുന്നു
- insulting in Kannada
- ಅವಮಾನಿಸುವುದು
- insulting in Punjabi
- ਬੇਇੱਜ਼ਤੀ ਕਰਨਾ
- insulting in Gujarati
- અપમાનકારી, અપમાન કરવું
- insulting in Odia
- ଅପମାନିତ କରିବା, ଅପମାନଜନକ, ଅପମାନ କରିବା
- insulting in Sanskrit
- अकीर्तिकर akīrtikara
- insulting in Nepali
- अपमानजनक, अपमान गर्ने
- insulting in Indonesian
- menghina
Examples of insulting in a sentence
- He was very insulting. Finally Jack called him out and shut him up.
- She was fed up him laying on the jokes, which she found insulting.
- His behaviour at the party was a total disgrace! He was leeching on all the ladies, and insulting the men.
Forms of insulting
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more insulting |
| superlative | most insulting |
| Noun | |
| plural | insultings |
Words formed from insulting
Phrases with insulting
Questions about insulting
- What does insulting mean?
- Insulting means containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
- What is insulting in Hindi?
- Insulting in Hindi is अपमानजनक (apmānajnak). See Insulting meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is insulting?
- Insulting can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce insulting?
- Insulting is pronounced /ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/.
Words near insulting in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: insulting (page history and authors); insulting (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insulting (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insulting (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insulting (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insulting (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insulting (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insulting (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insulting (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insulting (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); insulting (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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