insult someone's intelligence
Definition of insult someone's intelligence
: to treat someone as though he or she is stupid You're saying those photos are real? Don't insult my intelligence.
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: to behave with pride or arrogance : vaunt
: to treat with insolence, indignity, or contempt : affront
: to affect offensively or damagingly
: a gross indignity
: injury to the body or one of its parts
: something that causes or has a potential for causing such insult
: the ability to learn or understand or to deal with new or trying situations : reason
: the skilled use of reason
: the ability to apply knowledge to manipulate one's environment or to think abstractly as measured by objective criteria (such as tests)
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