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insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home
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Recent Examples of insulting
Heather Merrick,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2026
The New York Times last week reported about his relationships with previous girlfriends, some of whom viewed him positively and others who described him as volatile and insulting.
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ABC News,
8 June 2026
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2026
Stop insulting everyone’s intelligence with false hope.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
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Adjective
Pratt came in with an insulting offer and needed to be pushed.
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Heather Merrick,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2026
The New York Times last week reported about his relationships with previous girlfriends, some of whom viewed him positively and others who described him as volatile and insulting.
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ABC News,
8 June 2026
Verb
His career ended when a series of crude and insulting texts about Read came to light during her first trial.
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Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
8 June 2026
Stop insulting everyone’s intelligence with false hope.
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Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
2 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulting
Adjective
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After missing most of the 2024-25 schedule because of a torn Achilles, Smith returned for the start of last season and earned consistent playing time because of his pesky perimeter defense and steady offensive game in a backup point guard role.
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One after another, Kyle Tucker and Dalton Rushing broke up their offensive slumps with home runs.
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Qatari midfielder Assim Madibo was sent off for the offending tackle and appeared distraught before he was ejected.
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What started as a fun way to get into the tournament spirit took an unexpected turn when they were served with legal papers from FIFA’s lawyers last Friday and ordered to cease and desist trading in the offending apparatus.
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By then the alternate endings were a hot topic, and Rice pulled an outrageous stunt.
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In 2014, Messi began with that famously outrageous winner against Bosnia, arguably bettered it against Iran a few days later, with a splendid winner in stoppage time.
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On Day 1 of the truce, and in the days since, Israel has stepped up attacks against Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy, in Lebanon, outraging Iran and leading to accusations the terms had been breached.
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The film has been described as a Social Network-esque feature that covers the tumultuous 2023 period in which Altman, amid AI safety concerns and reports of abusive behavior, was fired and rehired by OpenAI within a matter of days.
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Better intervention programs for abusive men could help, too, Salinas said, but most of those arrested on domestic violence charges never complete such a program.
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The groove passes between them without ever quite resolving, each jolt followed by a pocket of silence that feels almost taunting.
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Neither incidents involved taunting players from the opposing team, and both of those techs have reportedly been rescinded.
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The Irish comedy writer has become better known for his assertion that trans women are men and criticism of trans activism, expressed in often vituperative social media posts.
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David smells an opportunity but completely misreads Hale, a vicious and vituperative man who delights in tormenting lesser writers.
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So, is The Pitt just overtly disrespecting certain cast members by leaving them off the ballot?
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From disrespecting local customs and getting pickpocketed to forgetting to reapply sunscreen and overpacking, European tour guides have truly seen it all.
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“Insulting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulting. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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