insult

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• ĭnʹsŭlt
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• /ˈɪnsɒlt/ hall-hull merger
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: ĭnsŭltʹ
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsʌlt/
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The verb is derived from Middle French insulter (modern French insulter (“to insult”)) or its etymon Latin īnsultō (“to spring, leap or jump at or upon; to abuse, insult, revile, taunt”), the frequentative form of īnsiliō (“to bound; to leap in or upon”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + saliō (“to bound, jump, leap; to spring forth; to flow down”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to spring”)). The noun is derived from Middle French insult (modern French insulte (“insult”)) or its etymon Late Latin insultus (“insult, reviling, scoffing”), from īnsiliō (“to bound; to leap in or upon”); see above.

222 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: إهانة (ʔihāna) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Armenian: վիրավորանք (viravorankʻ) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Azerbaijani: təhqir — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Belarusian: абра́за (abráza) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Bulgarian: оскърбле́ние (oskǎrblénie) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Bulgarian: оби́да (obída) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Catalan: insult — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Chinese Mandarin: 侮辱 (wǔrǔ) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Czech: urážka — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Danish: fornærmelse — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Dutch: belediging — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Esperanto: insulto — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Estonian: solvang — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Faroese: skemdarorð — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Finnish: loukkaus — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Finnish: parjaus — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• French: insulte — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Galician: insulto — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Galician: deosto — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• German: Beleidigung — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• German: Kränkung — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• German: Verletzung — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Greek: προσβολή (prosvolí) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Ancient Greek: λοιδορία (loidoría) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Ancient Greek: αἰκία (aikía) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Old Gutnish: þunki — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Hebrew: עלבון (elbón) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Hindi: अपमान (apmān) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Hindi: अनादर (anādar) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Hindi: तिरस्कार (tiraskār) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Hindi: तौहीन (tauhīn) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Hungarian: sértés — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Icelandic: móðgun — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Irish: achasán — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Irish: masla — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Italian: insulto — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Italian: offesa — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Italian: oltraggio — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Italian: affronto — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Italian: ingiuria — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Japanese: 侮辱 (bujoku) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Kabuverdianu: karkuti — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Khmer: ការប្រមាថ (kaa prɑmaat) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Khmer: ផរុសសព្ទ (pha’ru’sa’ sap) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Khmer: ឧបក្រោស (u’pa’kraoh) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Korean: 모욕 (moyok) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Latin: maledictum — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Latin: contumelia — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Latin: convicium — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Macedonian: навреда (navreda) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Malayalam: ആക്ഷേപിക്കുക (ākṣēpikkuka) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Māori: muhani — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Mongolian: доромжлол (doromžlol) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Norwegian Bokmål: fornærmelse — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Norwegian Nynorsk: fornærming — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Occitan: insult — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Church Slavic: обида (obida) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Old English: fracoþ — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Persian: دشنام (došnâm) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Persian: توهین (tohin) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Polish: zniewaga — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Polish: wyzwisko — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Polish: obraza — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Polish: urąganie — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Polish: awania — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Portuguese: insulto — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Portuguese: ofensa — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Romanian: insultă — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Romanian: jignire — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Romanian: injurie — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Russian: оскорбле́ние (oskorblénije) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Russian: оби́да (obída) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Serbo-Croatian: у̏вреда — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Serbo-Croatian: ȕvreda — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Slovak: urážka — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Slovene: žalitev — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Spanish: insulto — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Spanish: improperio — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Spanish: denuesto — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Swahili: tusi — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Swedish: förolämpning — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Old Swedish: þokki — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Thai: หยาบคาย (yàap-kaai) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Turkish: hakaret — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Turkish: aşağılama — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Ukrainian: обра́за (obráza) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Urdu: توہین (tauhīn) — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Vietnamese: lời xúc phạm — action or speech deliberately intended to be rude
• Catalan: insult — something that causes offence
• Finnish: loukkaus — something that causes offence
• Finnish: pahennus — something that causes offence
• Galician: insulto — something that causes offence
• Galician: deosto — something that causes offence
• German: Beleidigung — something that causes offence
• Greek: προσβολή (prosvolí) — something that causes offence
• Old Gutnish: þunki — something that causes offence
• Hindi: अपमान (apmān) — something that causes offence
• Hindi: अनादर (anādar) — something that causes offence
• Irish: tarcaisne — something that causes offence
• Irish: masla — something that causes offence
• Malayalam: ആക്ഷേപ (ākṣēpa) — something that causes offence
• Polish: obraza — something that causes offence
• Portuguese: insulto — something that causes offence
• Portuguese: ofensa — something that causes offence
• Sanskrit: आक्षेपः (ākṣepaḥ) — something that causes offence
• Sanskrit: निन्दा (nindā) — something that causes offence
• Serbo-Croatian: inzult — something that causes offence
• Spanish: insulto — something that causes offence
• Swahili: matusi — something that causes offence
• Old Swedish: þokki — something that causes offence
• Thai: หยาบคาย ไม่สุภาพ ไม่เป็นทางการ กระด้าง — something that causes offence
• Turkish: eziyet — something that causes offence
• Turkish: aşağılama — something that causes offence
• Bulgarian: инсулт (insult) — something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes
• Serbo-Croatian: inzult — something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes
• Albanian: fyej — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Albanian: shaj — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Arabic: سَبَّ (sabba) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Arabic: شَتَمَ (šatama) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Arabic: شتم (šatam) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Armenian: վիրավորել (viravorel) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Aromanian: ngiur — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Aromanian: angiur — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Azerbaijani: təhqir etmək — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Belarusian: абража́ць (abražácʹ) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Belarusian: абра́зіць (abrázicʹ) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Bulgarian: оскърбя́вам (oskǎrbjávam) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Bulgarian: оскърбя́ (oskǎrbjá) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Bulgarian: оби́ждам (obíždam) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Bulgarian: оби́дя (obídja) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Catalan: insultar — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Chinese: 無理 /无理 (bû-lí) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Chinese Mandarin: 侮辱 (wǔrǔ) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Czech: urážet — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Czech: urazit — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Dutch: beledigen — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Esperanto: insulti — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Esperanto: ofendi — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Finnish: loukata — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• French: insulter — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Galician: insultar — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Galician: deostar — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Georgian: შეურაცხყოფა (šeuracxq̇opa) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• German: beleidigen — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Greek: προσβάλλω (prosvállo) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Ancient Greek: ὑβρίζω (hubrízō) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Hindi: निन्दा करना (nindā karnā) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Hindi: अपमान करना (apmān karnā) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Icelandic: skamma — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Irish: maslaigh — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Irish: tarcaisnigh — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Italian: offendere — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Italian: insultare — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Italian: ingiuriare — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Japanese: 侮辱する (bujoku suru) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Kabuverdianu: abuza — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Kabuverdianu: abuzá — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Khmer: ដៀល (diəl) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Korean: 모욕하다 (moyokhada) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Latin: insultō — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Macedonian: навредува (navreduva) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Macedonian: навреди (navredi) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Malayalam: അപമാനിക്കുക (apamānikkuka) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Malayalam: നിന്ദിക്കുക (nindikkuka) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Māori: whakamanioro — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Māori: whakaparanga — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Māori: whakatakao — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Māori: muhani — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Māori: muheni — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Megleno-Romanian: ạnjur — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Mongolian: доромжлох (doromžlox) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Mongolian: гутаах (gutaax) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Norwegian: skjelle ut — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Occitan: insultar — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Oromo: arrabsuu — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Polish: obrazić — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Polish: obrażać — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Portuguese: insultar — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Portuguese: injuriar — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Romanian: insulta — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Romanian: jigni — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Romanian: înjura — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Russian: оскорбля́ть (oskorbljátʹ) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Russian: оскорби́ть (oskorbítʹ) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Russian: обижа́ть (obižátʹ) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Russian: оби́деть (obídetʹ) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Northern Sami: ciellat — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Sanskrit: निन्दति (nindati) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Serbo-Croatian: вре́ђати — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Serbo-Croatian: врије́ђати — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Serbo-Croatian: увре́дити — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Serbo-Croatian: уврије́дити — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Serbo-Croatian: vréđati — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Serbo-Croatian: vrijéđati — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Serbo-Croatian: uvréditi — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Serbo-Croatian: uvrijéditi — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Slovak: urážať — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Slovak: uraziť — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Slovene: užaliti — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Slovene: žaliti — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Spanish: insultar — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Spanish: agraviar — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Spanish: injuriar — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Spanish: denostar — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Swahili: kutukana — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Swedish: förolämpa — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Thai: ดูถูก (duu-tùuk) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Thai: พูดใส่ร้ายคนอื่น — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Thai: พูดใส่ร้าย — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Thai: พูดใส่ไม่ดี — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Thai: พูดไม่ดี — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Thai: พูดคําไม่ดี คําหยาบคาย เพ้อเจ้อ ไร้สาระ — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Tibetan: དམའ་འབེབ་བྱས (dma' 'beb byas) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Turkish: aşağılamak — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Turkish: hakaret etmek — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Ukrainian: обража́ти (obražáty) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Ukrainian: обра́зити (obrázyty) — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Urdu: بے عزت کرنا — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Urdu: ذلیل کرنا — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Urdu: اہانت کرنا — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Vietnamese: làm nhục — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)
• Vietnamese: xúc phạm — to be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (someone)