to insult is a form of:
Insult
noun
- 1.
- ~ (to somebody something) (an insulting act, remark, etc) អំពើធ្វើអោយអាម៉ាស់មុខ, ការជេរ, ការប្រមាថ
Example: Sir, that is an insult! An insult to his intelligence, To insult a person, Insulting behavior. - 2.
- (FIGURATIVE) ការមើលងាយ, ដំណើរខូចកិត្តិយស
verb — past tense: insulted ; past participle: insulted ; present participle: insulting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) (to or speak to with scam, or disrespect) ធ្វើអោយអាម៉ាស់មុខ
Example: I felt most insulted when they made me sit at a Aisle table at the back.
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
- 1.
- The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
verb — past tense: insulted ; past participle: insulted ; present participle: insulting ;
- 1.
- (TRANSITIVE) Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity.
- 2.
- (TRANSITIVE) To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
- 3.
- (TRANSITIVE) To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.
- 4.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To leap or jump.
- 5.
- (INTRANSITIVE) To behave with insolence; to exult.
- 1.
- abuse, affront, derision, discourtesy, indignity, insolence, invective, libel, offense, ridicule, scorn, slander, slap, slur
- 2.
- abuse, affront, belittle, hurt, injure, libel, mock, offend, revile, ridicule, slander, slur, taunt, wound, wrong
- 1.
- apology, homage, praise, salutation
- 2.
- compliment, praise