as in offended
to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in
insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home
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Recent Examples of insulted
Her collectedness collapses as Johnson turns the joke into a physical act-out, becoming almost insulted that this earthquake dared to frighten her.
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Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Last September, when news broke that another friend of Kraus’s, the journalist Olivia Nuzzi, had exchanged intimate texts with Kennedy, Kraus wrote a Substack post accusing Nuzzi of ensnaring Kennedy and insulted her looks on Instagram.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
At the 1995 Source Awards, Knight touted Shakur’s move to Death Row and insulted Combs, who often performed alongside Bad Boy artists.
—Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
Trump has insulted both men about their weight.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
In her letter, Austen also nearly reenacts in these lines the scene in which Elizabeth is insulted at the ball.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
There could be more turmoil ahead Trump has personally insulted Powell for months, but his administration now appears much more focused on the Fed’s broader structure.
—Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
The Latvian, who lost to Townsend in three sets, insulted her rival with jibes about class and education.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Protesters accosted and insulted individual attendees.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
Last September, when news broke that another friend of Kraus’s, the journalist Olivia Nuzzi, had exchanged intimate texts with Kennedy, Kraus wrote a Substack post accusing Nuzzi of ensnaring Kennedy and insulted her looks on Instagram.
—Clare Malone, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
At the 1995 Source Awards, Knight touted Shakur’s move to Death Row and insulted Combs, who often performed alongside Bad Boy artists.
—Gina Barton, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
Trump has insulted both men about their weight.
—Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
In her letter, Austen also nearly reenacts in these lines the scene in which Elizabeth is insulted at the ball.
—Literary Hub, 4 Sep. 2025
There could be more turmoil ahead Trump has personally insulted Powell for months, but his administration now appears much more focused on the Fed’s broader structure.
—Christopher Rugaber, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
The Latvian, who lost to Townsend in three sets, insulted her rival with jibes about class and education.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Protesters accosted and insulted individual attendees.
—David Frum, The Atlantic, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulted
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Reporters in the Brady Room earlier this week were greeted by the meme on a loop; the vice president, addressing them on the shutdown, laughed at Democrats who were offended by the trope.—
David Weigel,
semafor.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Of course, Potato Head shrugged when Roseanne Barr was fired by the same network – for a single tweet that offended a woman born in Iran.—
Howie Carr,
Boston Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The move outraged leading Democrats.—
Franco Ordoñez,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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As if to prove the magnificent treasures within Paris now belonged to the German dictator, the statue of Great War French hero General Mangin—which outraged the Führer—was destroyed.—
Christopher C. Gorham
September 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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“Insulted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulted. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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