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insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home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
The issue has been highlighted in recent weeks after Real Madrid player Vinicius Junior said he was racially insulted by Benfica's Gianluca Prestianni during a Champions League match.
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ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
Both men have a penchant for self-dramatization, are easily insulted and vindictive, and seem absent the gene for humility.
—Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
The president has frequently insulted Powell and threatened to fire him.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
Hurry, sizes are going fast The comforter set is intentionally oversized to fit a variety of mattresses, and it’s insulted like a puffer jacket to keep you toasty warm at night.
—Michelle Baricevic, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
This process can leave both parents and kids feeling at least temporarily lonely, insulted, or rejected.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 21 Jan. 2026
Even when insulted or thwarted – by Spanish intrigues on the Florida frontier, by British seizures in the Caribbean, by pamphleteers accusing him of being a monarch in disguise – Washington’s tone remained measured.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
But there’s a big difference between knowing that a relative is a pill and loving them through it and being rudely insulted by a relative and just sucking it up.
—Eric Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
Accustomed to playing charming heroic protagonists, he is insulted by the offer of a supporting role.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Dec. 2025
ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
Both men have a penchant for self-dramatization, are easily insulted and vindictive, and seem absent the gene for humility.
—Gail Sheehy, Vanity Fair, 20 Feb. 2026
The president has frequently insulted Powell and threatened to fire him.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 3 Feb. 2026
Hurry, sizes are going fast The comforter set is intentionally oversized to fit a variety of mattresses, and it’s insulted like a puffer jacket to keep you toasty warm at night.
—Michelle Baricevic, PEOPLE, 1 Feb. 2026
This process can leave both parents and kids feeling at least temporarily lonely, insulted, or rejected.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 21 Jan. 2026
Even when insulted or thwarted – by Spanish intrigues on the Florida frontier, by British seizures in the Caribbean, by pamphleteers accusing him of being a monarch in disguise – Washington’s tone remained measured.
—Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
But there’s a big difference between knowing that a relative is a pill and loving them through it and being rudely insulted by a relative and just sucking it up.
—Eric Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
Accustomed to playing charming heroic protagonists, he is insulted by the offer of a supporting role.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulted
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If, like me, you’re not offended by raisins in your carrot cake, Costco’s carrot bar cake is available now in the bakery’s refrigerator section.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
4 Mar. 2026
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Will they be offended and shun us?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Mar. 2026
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This practice outraged the American colonists, who believed that general warrants enabled tyranny by empowering officers to enter homes and businesses at will.—
Amanda Cats-Baril,
Twin Cities,
4 Mar. 2026
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Already outraged by the decades-long wait for the park, the local community is up in arms over the prospect of 100 stories of concrete and glass looming over Bushwick Inlet.—
Katherine Thompson,
New York Daily News,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Insulted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulted. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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