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insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home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
The Minnesota academic later insulted Kirk's intellect.
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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
Jews are harmed, and Christians are insulted.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 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
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
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
Jews are harmed, and Christians are insulted.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulted
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And sellers need to prepare to negotiate concessions like price credits and repairs rather than be offended by them.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
24 Oct. 2025
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And whoever is offended by it, that’s part of the problem.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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Naroditsky's death at age 29 outraged his supporters in the chess world, who said he'd been bullied relentlessly by Kramnik, a former world champion who has accused many players of cheating in online play.—
Jason Abbruzzese,
NBC news,
22 Oct. 2025
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County Board supervisors outraged by the transparency failure Since the emails came to light, supervisors on the county's finance committee have grilled transit agency executives and expressed outrage about the transparency failures.—
Vanessa Swales,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Insulted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulted. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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