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insults

  • plural
    of insult.
    insult
    verb (used with object)
    to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.
  • present tense form
    of insult (3rd person singular).
    insult
    verb (used with object)
    to treat or speak to insolently or with contemptuous rudeness; affront.

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Yet when Mr. Wiener, a gay Jewish man, attended a San Francisco Trans March in June, hecklers surrounded and shouted insults at him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

Sorkin must have adored that earlier film’s opening scene where Rooney Mara insults a clueless Jesse Eisenberg because he’s written three-dozen takes on it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

For the rest of the convention, he was subjected to Trump’s regular insults about how he dresses poorly and looks bad.

From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2026

When facing questions from the committee, the tired-looking Patel did a much poorer job than Bondi of flinging insults at senators.

From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2026

John Wilkes Booth saw all of this—the grand illumination, the crowds delirious with joy, the insults to the fallen Confederacy and her leaders.

From "Chasing Lincoln's Killer" by James L. Swanson