2. Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity. The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief. Savage.
Syn.
— Affront; indignity; abuse; outrage; contumely. See Affront.
INSULT
In*sult", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Insulting.]
Etym: [F. insulter, L. insultare, freq. fr. insilire to leap into or
upon; pref. in- in, on + salire to leap. See Salient.]
1. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. [Obs.] Shak.
2. 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.
INSULT
In*sult", v. i.
1. To leap or jump.
Give me thy knife, I will insult on him. Shak.
Like the frogs in the apologue, insulting upon their wooden king.
Jer. Taylor.
2. To behave with insolence; to exult. [Archaic] The lion being dead, even hares insult. Daniel. An unwillingness to insult over their helpless fatuity. Landor.
INSULTABLE
In*sult"a*ble, a.
Defn: Capable of being insulted or affronted. [R.] Emerson.