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Sentence count:259+11Posted:2017-03-06Updated:2020-07-24
Synonym: affronthumiliateoffendAntonym: esteemhonorrespectSimilar words: add insult to injuryconsultinsulateconsultantinsulatedpeninsulaconsultationsultryMeaning: [ɪn'sʌlt]  n. 1. a rude expression intended to offend or hurt 2. a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect. v. treat, mention, or speak to rudely. 
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121. Would it, I asked, have seemed like an insult to find it waiting there on the table?
122. I wouldn't insult their intelligence by lying and we had a healthy respect for each other.
123. He saw it as a deliberate insult to the Church, a kind of Satanic Cross on the hill.
124. Everyone had a view: The proposal was an insult, a helping hand, a roadblock, a learning aid.
125. The final insult, Blanche knew, would be the smile Taczek would sport when released.
126. George tells the jury he will not insult their intelligence by developing a point any further, then develops it.
127. It seemed an gross insult to Elf pride that the Phoenix crown should remain in Dwarf hands.
128. There is a second form of reciprocity where the reciprocal action does not take the same form as the insult.
129. People over age 65 who work get fewer benefits and, to add insult to injury , they have to pay more in taxes.
130. To Joe the greatest compliment was to be considered amusing, the greatest insult to be thought boring.
131. There was no point Tuesday in adding to the insult of the Bulls' 9-46 record.
132. Station refurbishment seems a mere insult when the trains don't run on time.
133. The Dubroca incident added insult to an already severely injured state of affairs.
134. And each time, Heather had asked a testing question to find out if the insult was intended.
135. Indeed, Puddephat had scandalized other dons by storming out after claiming the place-setting was a deliberate insult.
136. It is often difficult to know when and how to intervene without reinforcing the insult by drawing attention to it.
137. This, of course, is an insult to Vice-President Al Gore as much as to Gov.
138. I said something about her new hairstyle and she took it as an insult.
139. As Sue Lees shows, the way pupils use sexually abusive language to insult each other in schools presents particular problems for teachers.
140. The Rognes family, Paul and Florence, was devastated, and never forgave the insult.
141. Then she proceeded to insult all the people on earth before she described the happenings in room 212.
142. Scott ignored his insult and continued walking,[sentence dictionary] his face set in hard lines.
143. She took it as a personal insult that you did not ask her opinion about your book.
144. So empty, in fact, that the United States seemed to go out of its way to insult Ismail.
145. To add insult to injury, Palace, attacking with renewed vigour, were then awarded a doubtful penalty.
146. It was simply a happy coincidence that it sounded like an insult!
147. Insult is a monstrous scorpion, and compliment is a likeable nightingale; one stings mercilessly, and the other sings sweetly. Mehmet Murat ildan 
148. It was suggested by proponents that such legal protection was no longer necessary and was an insult to the South.
149. It was a completely gratuitous insult -- I hadn't said anything to offend her.
150. They knew better than to insult their hosts by open mention of this superiority; such bad manners would disgrace the clan.
More similar words: add insult to injuryconsultinsulateconsultantinsulatedpeninsulaconsultationsultryconsulateresultas a resultresult inresultingin sumresult fromas a result ofdesultorilyinsuranceinsurgentinsurgencein surprisein support ofinsubordinateinsufferableinsubstantialinsufficientinsubordinationinsurmountablemulticulturalsulk
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