What are some opposite words for insulting?
Antonyms for insultingin·sult·ing
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term insulting.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
insulting
Antonyms:
accomplished, civil, complaisant, courteous, courtly, cultivated, cultured, elegant, genteel, gracious, obliging, polished, polite, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-manneredSynonyms:
awkward, bluff, blunt, boorish, brusk, clownish, coarse, discourteous, ill-behaved, ill-bred, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, impudent, insolent, raw, rude, rustic, uncivil, uncouth, unmannerly, unpolished, untaught, untutored
Princeton's WordNet
contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornfuladjective
expressing extreme contempt
Antonyms:
respectfulSynonyms:
contemptuous, haughty, disdainful, swaggering, overbearing, prideful, imperious, scornful, supercilious, lordly, sniffy
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
insultingadjective
Synonyms:
offensive, contemptuous, contumelious, scurrilous
How to use insulting in a sentence?
They finally have a player they can work with. This is not Karzai, who insisted on...insulting the United States, and really sort of implying he was sympathetic with the Taliban. This is a guy who is really very pro-American.
The justice ministry has allowed 1,845 cases on charges of insulting Erdogan to go ahead, i am unable to read the shameful insults made against our president. I start to blush.
If there is any insulting speech by Nike or Adidas, it may affect my decision to buy their shoes, but I can't just throw away my previous ones, right?
Going against amendments to the constitution is insulting the people and disrespectful to the country.
Secretary Kerry's visit is especially insulting for Cuba's dissidents.
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1668 | civil | |
#6109 | elegant | |
#7350 | accomplished | |
#9513 | polished | |
#14209 | cultured | |
#16723 | polite | |
#18889 | cultivated | |
#19767 | respectful | |
#20167 | gracious | |
#22904 | courteous | |
#25644 | insulting | |
#68486 | urbane | |
#73693 | genteel | |
#77989 | obliging | |
#78368 | courtly | |
#293856 | complaisant |
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