What is another word for insulting?
Synonyms for insulting
in·sult·ing
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
insulting
Synonyms:
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, untutoredAntonyms:
accomplished, civil, complaisant, courteous, courtly, cultivated, cultured, elegant, genteel, gracious, obliging, polished, polite, urbane, well-behaved, well-bred, well-mannered
Princeton's WordNet
contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornfuladjective
expressing extreme contempt
Synonyms:
contemptuous, haughty, disdainful, swaggering, overbearing, prideful, imperious, scornful, supercilious, lordly, sniffyAntonyms:
respectful
Dictionary of English Synonymes
insultingadjective
Synonyms:
insolent, impudent, impertinent, saucy, abusive, vituperative, ribald, blackguard
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
insultingadjective
Synonyms:
offensive, contemptuous, contumelious, scurrilous
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "insulting":
offensive, insult, insulted, abusive, desecrating, degrading, humiliating, derogatory, outrageous, demeaning
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#3079 | raw | |
#6274 | offensive | |
#11372 | blunt | |
#11750 | bluff | |
#12199 | rude | |
#13365 | abusive | |
#14475 | coarse | |
#15519 | rustic | |
#17155 | outrageous | |
#17452 | awkward | |
#17766 | insult | |
#25644 | insulting | |
#26371 | degrading | |
#34738 | humiliating | |
#38251 | insulted | |
#42627 | derogatory | |
#53063 | haughty | |
#62854 | demeaning | |
#64264 | overbearing | |
#70480 | insolent | |
#71724 | impolite | |
#76304 | contemptuous | |
#84515 | uncivil | |
#88982 | imperious | |
#98549 | uncouth | |
#100005 | scornful | |
#101268 | disdainful | |
#103529 | impudent | |
#109233 | impertinent | |
#109339 | unpolished | |
#117069 | boorish | |
#121548 | swaggering | |
#128829 | lordly | |
#149426 | prideful | |
#166887 | supercilious | |
#172837 | discourteous | |
#187854 | desecrating | |
#201184 | untutored | |
#237471 | clownish | |
#238463 | sniffy | |
#261906 | untaught |
How to use insulting in a sentence?
That was a very insulting statement that Ted made.
To come to the birthplace of Black Wall Street, a place where we had the worst domestic racist, terrorist attack in US history ...It's insulting, it's infuriating.
A large number of children have been arrested by ISIS, the most common charges are insulting Allah and cooperating with apostates. They are being tortured just like men, and some of them have died under torture.
To give Irene Martin an award for valor is insulting to all the prior awardees – the agents and officers who truly displayed valor and risked their lives to save someone else.
Tens of thousands of families are leaving the public schools because the education being taught sucks, eliminating the gifted and talented program is another brick in the wall insulting parents.
Translations for insulting
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- insultantCatalan, Valencian
- beleidigendGerman
- προσβλητικόςGreek
- afrentosoSpanish
- loukkaavaFinnish
- outrageantFrench
- oltraggiatore, adontoso, oltraggioso, ingiurioso, offensivoItalian
- 侮辱的, 蔑ろJapanese
- iniuriosus, insultansLatin
- obraźliwyPolish
- insultante, injurioso, injuriantePortuguese
- insultător, ofensatorRomanian
- оскорби́тельныйRussian
- förolämpandeSwedish
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