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insulting

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?n?s?lt??/

Adjective

insulting (comparative more insulting, superlative most insulting)

  1. Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.

Derived terms

  • insultingly

Translations

Verb

insulting

  1. present participle of insult

Noun

insulting (plural insultings)

  1. The act of giving insult.
    • a. 1677, Isaac Barrow, Of a Peacable Temper and Carriage (sermon)
      grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his affliction
    • 1689, Thomas Smith, diary
      Many were the outragings and insultings of the Indians upon the English while Sir Edmund Andros was Governor.

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bumptious

English

Etymology

Probably from bump, on the pattern of words like fractious.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?b?mp??s/
  • Hyphenation: bump?tious

Adjective

bumptious (comparative more bumptious, superlative most bumptious)

  1. Obtrusively pushy; self-assertive to a pretentious extreme.

Derived terms

  • bumptiously
  • bumptiousness

Translations

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