as in offended
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insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home
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Recent Examples of insulted
No woman, under any circumstance, deserves to be insulted or humiliated.
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Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Folklorist Thomas Keightley tells the tale of a kobold named Hödeken who was insulted by a kitchen boy who kept spraying water at him.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
The Minnesota academic later insulted Kirk's intellect.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Holmes insulted the man, throwing hundred-dollar bills at him.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Bondi, during that appearance, stonewalled questions from Democratic senators and insulted them.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2025
She’s visibly insulted, feels used, and turns him down.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 3 Oct. 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
Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Folklorist Thomas Keightley tells the tale of a kobold named Hödeken who was insulted by a kitchen boy who kept spraying water at him.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
The Minnesota academic later insulted Kirk's intellect.
—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Holmes insulted the man, throwing hundred-dollar bills at him.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Bondi, during that appearance, stonewalled questions from Democratic senators and insulted them.
—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 12 Oct. 2025
She’s visibly insulted, feels used, and turns him down.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 3 Oct. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulted
Verb
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But Kelce wasn't offended, The Good Wife alum recalled.—
Mekishana Pierre,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Jan. 2026
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Kelce, however, wasn’t offended, the Best Medicine star shared.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Good, the 37-year-old mother fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, has mobilized people who haven't typically been politically involved but are outraged by the shooting, Indivisible co-founder Leah Greenberg said in an interview.—
Julia Ainsley,
NBC news,
9 Jan. 2026
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Black Lives Matter leaders, who hosted the Sunday night vigil, are outraged by what happened.—
Laurie Perez,
CBS News,
5 Jan. 2026
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“Insulted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulted. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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