insult

insult /'insʌlt/
  • danh từ
    • lời lăng mạ, lời sỉ nhục; sự lăng mạ, sự xúc phạm đến phẩm giá
    • (y học) sự chấn thương; cái gây chấn thương
    • ngoại động từ
      • lăng mạ, làm nhục, sỉ nhục; xúc phạm đến phẩm giá của

    Xem thêm: abuse, revilement, contumely, vilification, affront, diss, affront



    insult

    Từ điển Collocation

    insult noun

    ADJ. bad, terrible one of the worst insults you can throw at somebody | ultimate Whatever you do, don't call a ‘railway enthusiast’ a trainspotter?it's the ultimate insult. | calculated, deliberate | personal

    VERB + INSULT hurl, offer (literary), shout, throw They were hurling insults at the police. The king is unlikely to forgive the insult offered to his ambassador. | mean sth as I don't mean this as an insult, but I think the team would play better without you. | take sth as I meant it as a bit of constructive advice, but he took it as a personal insult | endure, suffer Foreigners have to suffer constant insults from the local population. | exchange, trade The two groups of fans exchanged insults.

    INSULT + VERB fly Insults were flying back and forth.

    PREP. ~ to It was an insult to his wife.

    PHRASES add insult to injury Only 300 people came to the match and to add insult to injury (= to make things worse), the floodlights went out during the second half. | an insult to your intelligence The questions were a real insult to our intelligence (= because they were too easy).


    Từ điển WordNet

      n.

    • a rude expression intended to offend or hurt; abuse, revilement, contumely, vilification

      when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse

      they yelled insults at the visiting team

    • a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; affront

      turning his back on me was a deliberate insult

      v.

    • treat, mention, or speak to rudely; diss, affront

      He insulted her with his rude remarks

      the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone


    English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

    insults|insulted|insulting
    syn.: affront humiliate offend

    ant.: esteem honor respect