INSULTING

contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful

(adjective) expressing extreme contempt

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Adjective

insulting (comparative more insulting, superlative most insulting)

Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.

Verb

insulting

present participle of insult

Noun

insulting (plural insultings)

The act of giving insult.

Anagrams

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Source: Wiktionary

In*sult"ing, a.

Definition: Containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc.

– In*sult"ing*ly, adv.

Syn.

– Insolent; impertinent; saucy; rude; abusive; contemptuous. See Insolent.

INSULT

In"sult, n. Etym: [L. insultus, fr. insilire to leap upon: cf. F. insulte. See Insult, v. t.]

1. The act of leaping on; onset; attack. [Obs.] Dryden.

2. Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity. The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief. Savage.

Syn.

– Affront; indignity; abuse; outrage; contumely. See Affront.

In*sult", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Insulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Insulting.] Etym: [F. insulter, L. insultare, freq. fr. insilire to leap into or upon; pref. in- in, on + salire to leap. See Salient.]

1. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon. [Obs.] Shak.

2. To treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.

In*sult", v. i.

1. To leap or jump. Give me thy knife, I will insult on him. Shak. Like the frogs in the apologue, insulting upon their wooden king. Jer. Taylor.

2. To behave with insolence; to exult. [Archaic] The lion being dead, even hares insult. Daniel. An unwillingness to insult over their helpless fatuity. Landor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition