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insult
English
Etymology
The verb is derived from Middle French insulter (modern French insulter (“to insult”)) or its etymon Latin ?nsult?re, present active infinitive of ?nsult? (“to spring, leap or jump at or upon; to abuse, insult, revile, taunt”), the frequentative form of ?nsili? (“to bound; to leap in or upon”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + sali? (“to bound, jump, leap; to spring forth; to flow down”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to spring”)).
The noun is derived from Middle French insult (modern French insulte (“insult”)) or its etymon Late Latin insultus (“insult, reviling, scoffing”), from ?nsili? (“to bound; to leap in or upon”); see above.
Pronunciation
- Verb:
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ?ns?lt?, IPA(key): /?n?s?lt/
- Noun:
- enPR: ?n?s?lt, IPA(key): /??ns?lt/
- Rhymes: -?lt
- Hyphenation: in?sult
Verb
insult (third-person singular simple present insults, present participle insulting, simple past and past participle insulted)
- (transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: disrespect, affront, disgrace, slander, discourtesy, offense
- Antonym: compliment
- (transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To assail, assault, or attack; (specifically, military) to carry out an assault, attack, or onset without preparation.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (against or over someone). [16th–19th c.]
- (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To leap or trample upon.
Conjugation
Related terms
- insolence
- insultation
Translations
Noun
insult (countable and uncountable, plural insults)
- (uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.
- Synonyms: affront, (slang) diss, (obsolete) insultation, (Britain) offence, (US) offense, pejorative, (US, colloquial) slam, slight, slur; see also Thesaurus:offense
- Antonym: compliment
- (countable) Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality).
- Synonyms: disgrace, outrage
- (countable, medicine) Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused.
- (countable, also figuratively, archaic) An assault or attack; (specifically, military, obsolete) an assault, attack, or onset carried out without preparation.
- (countable, obsolete) An act of leaping upon.
Derived terms
- add insult to injury
Translations
References
Further reading
- insult on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- insult (medical) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- insult (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- sunlit, unlist, unslit
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in?sul(t)/
Noun
insult m (plural insults)
- insult
Related terms
- insultar
Further reading
- “insult” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [in?sult]
Verb
insult
- first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of insulta
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embarrassment
English
Etymology
From embarrass +? -ment
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?m?bæ??sm?nt/
Noun
embarrassment (countable and uncountable, plural embarrassments)
- A state of discomfort arising from bashfulness or consciousness of having violated a social rule; humiliation.
- A person or thing which is the cause of humiliation to another.
- Kevin, you are an embarrassment to this family.
- Losing this highly publicized case was an embarrassment to the firm.
- A large collection of good or valuable things, especially one that exceeds requirements.
- 1914, Collier's, page 30
- There are over 5,000 Americans now in Paris, many artists, singers, musicians, writers, and actors, so many, indeed, the committee could hardly pick a program from an embarrassment of volunteers.
- 1996, David Morgan Evans, Peter Salway, David Thackray, The Remains of Distant Times: Archaeology and the National Trust, Boydell & Brewer ?ISBN, page 188
- The landscape presented an embarrassment of riches for the industrial archaeologist, and eighteenth- and nineteenth-century remains were still visible in abundance
- 2013, Frank Boccia, The Crouching Beast: A United States Army Lieutenant's Account of the Battle for Hamburger Hill, May 1969, McFarland ?ISBN, page 256
- At one time, I reflected, we'd had an embarrassment of good, qualified squad leader—ready men in the platoon.
- 1914, Collier's, page 30
- A state of confusion; hesitation; uncertainty
- (medicine) Impairment of function due to disease: respiratory embarrassment.
- (dated) Difficulty in financial matters; poverty.
Derived terms
Translations
Further reading
- embarrassment in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- embarrassment in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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