All insult synonyms
inΒ·sult
I i verb insult
- abuse β Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- annoy β If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
- curse β If you curse, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something.
- ridicule β speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- irritate β to excite to impatience or anger; annoy.
- provoke β to anger, enrage, exasperate, or vex.
- mock β to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- humiliate β to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- gird β to gibe or jeer at; taunt.
- deride β If you deride someone or something, you say that they are stupid or have no value.
- abase β to humble or belittle (oneself, etc)
noun insult
- shame β the painful feeling arising from the consciousness of something dishonorable, improper, ridiculous, etc., done by oneself or another: She was overcome with shame.
- disgrace β the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- affront β If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it.
- slight β small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- blasphemy β You can describe something that shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemy.
- taunt β to reproach in a sarcastic, insulting, or jeering manner; mock.
- indignity β an injury to a person's dignity; slighting or contemptuous treatment; humiliating affront, insult, or injury.
- invective β vehement or violent denunciation, censure, or reproach.
- slap β a gap or opening, as in a fence, wall, cloud bank, or line of troops.
- disrespect β Lack of respect or courtesy.
- put-down β a landing of an aircraft.
- slander β defamation; calumny: rumors full of slander.
- abuse β Abuse of someone is cruel and violent treatment of them.
- snub β to treat with disdain or contempt, especially by ignoring.
- libel β the false accusation that Jews murder Christian children to use their blood in religious rituals: blood libels that spread throughout Europe in the Middle Ages.
- outrage β an act of wanton cruelty or violence; any gross violation of law or decency.
- scorn β open or unqualified contempt; disdain: His face and attitude showed the scorn he felt.
- contempt β If you have contempt for someone or something, you have no respect for them or think that they are unimportant.
- obloquy β censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, especially by numerous persons or by the general public.
- scurrility β a scurrilous quality or condition.
- ignominy β disgrace; dishonor; public contempt.
- impertinence β unmannerly intrusion or presumption; insolence.
- mockery β ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- incivility β the quality or condition of being uncivil; discourteous behavior or treatment.
- aspersion β a disparaging or malicious remark; slanderous accusation (esp in the phrase cast aspersions (on))
- discourtesy β lack or breach of courtesy; incivility; rudeness.
- contumely β scornful or insulting language or behaviour
- derision β If you treat someone or something with derision, you express contempt for them.
- insolence β contemptuously rude or impertinent behavior or speech.
- slam β the winning or bidding of all the tricks or all the tricks but one in a deal. Compare grand slam (def 1), little slam.
- superciliousness β haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.
- rudeness β discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
- offense β a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
- opprobrium β the disgrace or the reproach incurred by conduct considered outrageously shameful; infamy.
- despite β You use despite to introduce a fact which makes the other part of the sentence surprising.
- impudence β the quality or state of being impudent; effrontery; insolence.
- vituperation β verbal abuse or castigation; violent denunciation or condemnation.
- vilification β to speak ill of; defame; slander.
- disdainful β full of or showing disdain; scornful.