insult

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of INSULT

to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in <insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home>

Synonyms affront, dis (also diss) [slang], disrespect, offend, outrage, slap, slight, wound

Related Words cut, snub; displease, distress, disturb, hurt, miff, pain, trouble, upset; jeer, mock, ridicule, sneer (at), taunt; defame, disparage, libel, malign, revile, slander, slur, smear; oppress, persecute, torment, torture

Near Antonyms acclaim, applaud, approve, hail; commend, compliment, eulogize, praise; adulate, flatter, sweet-talk; exalt, glorify, honor; delight, gratify, please, satisfy

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