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insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home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
Haulcy plays like somebody insulted his family before kickoff.
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Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Trump has threatened to fire Powell a number of times, as well as insulted his character and policies.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
Duchamp was insulted, threatened, and even spat upon, leading him to leave Paris.
—Howard Halle, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Benfica fans insulted Vinícius from the stands.
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
With it, everyone wins and no one gets hurt or insulted.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
Every episode saw celebrities of various levels of fame stopping by the studio to be questioned and, occasionally, insulted by a narcissistic cartoon character.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Multiple teens on e-bikes insulted a student with anti-Black racial slurs and spitting, and one of the suspects injured the back leg of the victim with the tire of an e-bike, campus police said.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
But Washington really hasn’t insulted him, instead continuing to deploy him against top competition this year.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
Trump has threatened to fire Powell a number of times, as well as insulted his character and policies.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 16 Apr. 2026
Duchamp was insulted, threatened, and even spat upon, leading him to leave Paris.
—Howard Halle, ARTnews.com, 10 Apr. 2026
Benfica fans insulted Vinícius from the stands.
—ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026
With it, everyone wins and no one gets hurt or insulted.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
Every episode saw celebrities of various levels of fame stopping by the studio to be questioned and, occasionally, insulted by a narcissistic cartoon character.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2026
Multiple teens on e-bikes insulted a student with anti-Black racial slurs and spitting, and one of the suspects injured the back leg of the victim with the tire of an e-bike, campus police said.
—City News Service, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026
But Washington really hasn’t insulted him, instead continuing to deploy him against top competition this year.
—Shayna Goldman, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulted
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Stevenson knows some people will be offended by such gender stereotyping.—
Andrea Hsu,
NPR,
10 Apr. 2026
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If your reactive skin has ever been personally offended by retinol (same), peptides offer a gentler way in.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
6 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The camp's plan to reopen part of the campus this summer and host nearly 900 girls has outraged the families of the girls killed.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The International Committee of the Red Cross says it is outraged by such attacks in densely populated urban areas.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Insulted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulted. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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