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insultive

insultive adjective: insulting.

Adjective

insultive (comparative more insultive, superlative most insultive)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Insulting.
    • The inſultive Epigram, which I make no Doubt ſhe has ſeen, concludes with a cutting Inſinuation, that the Man who touched her, bid fair to loſe his Manhood. To an ordinary Female this was unpardonable — What muſt be it to a lady of the higheſt Pride and Jealouſy?1795, Thomas Blackwell, J. U. D., Memoirs of the Court of Augustus, volume IV, page 154
    • Perhaps it was the too-tooing of the youth on the coach horn which frustrated the proposal, and made it appear ludicrous rather than insultive to her ears.1895, Frank Frankfort Moore, chapter VI, in One Fair Daughter, volume 1, pages 234–235
    Synonyms:
    insultative

Synonyms of insultive

Forms of insultive

comparativemore insultive
superlativemost insultive

Origin of insultive

From insult + -ive.

Questions about insultive

What does insultive mean?
Insultive means insulting.
What part of speech is insultive?
Insultive is an adjective.

Words near insultive in the dictionary

  1. insulting
  2. insulting one's intelligence
  3. insultingly
  4. insultingness
  5. insultings
  6. insultive
  7. insultment
  8. insultments
  9. insultory
  10. insultproof
  11. insultry

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