contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful
(adjective) expressing extreme contempt
Source: WordNet® 3.1
insulting (comparative more insulting, superlative most insulting)
Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
insulting
present participle of insult
insulting (plural insultings)
The act of giving insult.
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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.
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
17 June 2025
(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
