insult
verb (used with object)
to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
had insulted
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past perfectof insult.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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In April 1828, Russell Jarvis, a journalist and critic of President John Quincy Adams, believed the president had insulted Mrs. Jarvis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
Bannon himself was cast into the wilderness for a period in 2018 after Trump, angered over reports that Bannon had insulted Trump’s children, attacked him as “Sloppy Steve.”
From Slate ● Nov. 25, 2024
Mbemba suggested to journalists after the game in San Pedro that Regragui had insulted him.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
In effect, the West had insulted the 27 million Soviets lost to the war, among them Mr. Putin’s older brother.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2023
Opal looked at me as if I had insulted her.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
