insulting
IPA: ɪnsˈʌɫtɪŋ
noun
- The act of giving insult.
adjective
- Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
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Examples of "insulting" in Sentences
- He says he ' s used to what he calls insulting remarks.
- I am not insulting her, I'm not _insulting_ her: I merely order her out of the house.
- Hmmm. I don't know the real story, I am guesing that is the reason for what you refer to as insulting replies.
- The Azanian Students 'Movement on Thursday vowed to disrupt what it called insulting festivities on Youth Day, saying the June
- BLITZER: The Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is taking some fire from Republicans for what they call insulting comments he made about two top U.S. military leaders.
- Parliament's joint human rights committee has called for the removal of the word "insulting" to raise the threshold of the offence, citing a case in which a teenager was arrested for calling Scientology a cult.
- The project ' s high-profile architect — Tom Kundig of Seattle firm Olson Kundig, known for his steel, concrete and glass homes that expose the guts of their construction — says he ' s used to what he calls insulting remarks.
- Stung to the quick by what he called the insulting remarks of his daughter, he had stimulated the zeal of his valet; and that artist had evidently surpassed himself in the arrangement of the hair, and especially in the complexion.
- Republican leaders on Wednesday accused Jim Messina, campaign manager for President Barack Obama, of repeating what they characterized as insulting and insensitive jokes about the Latino community, after he quoted the last sentence of a column by Washington Post's Dana Millbank on a tweet.
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