All insulting synonyms
in·sult·ing
I i adj insulting
- derogatory — If you make a derogatory remark or comment about someone or something, you express your low opinion of them.
- rude — discourteous or impolite, especially in a deliberate way: a rude reply.
- disrespectful — characterized by, having, or showing disrespect; lacking courtesy or esteem: a disrespectful remark about teachers.
- hurtful — causing hurt or injury; injurious; harmful.
- offensive — causing resentful displeasure; highly irritating, angering, or annoying: offensive television commercials.
- disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- degrading — causing humiliation; debasing
- repulsive — causing repugnance or aversion: a repulsive mask.
- biting — Biting wind or cold is extremely cold.
- slighting — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
- ridiculing — speech or action intended to cause contemptuous laughter at a person or thing; derision.
- discourteous — not courteous; impolite; uncivil; rude: a discourteous salesman.
- insolent — boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.
- uncivil — without good manners; unmannerly; rude; impolite; discourteous.
adjective insulting
- abusive — Someone who is abusive behaves in a cruel and violent way towards other people.
- impertinent — intrusive or presumptuous, as persons or their actions; insolently rude; uncivil: a brash, impertinent youth.
- wounding — an injury, usually involving division of tissue or rupture of the integument or mucous membrane, due to external violence or some mechanical agency rather than disease.
noun insulting
- name-calling — the use of abusive names to belittle or humiliate another person in a political campaign, an argument, etc.