Insults Synonyms and Antonyms

An instance of mockery or derision
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. twits
  2. taunts
  3. scoffs
  4. jeers
  5. gibes
A rude expression intended to offend or hurt
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. slights
  2. outrages
  3. contumelies
  4. indignities
  5. affronts
  6. snubs
  7. incivilities
  8. ignominies
  9. digs
  10. abuses
  11. gibes
  12. taunts
  13. slanders
  14. disrespects
  15. discourtesies
  16. mockeries
  17. offenses
  18. blasphemies
  19. scurrilities
  20. invectives
  21. put-downs
Antonyms:
  1. praises
  2. compliments
  3. flatteries
  4. homages
  5. tributes
To treat with gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. offends

Words Related to Insults

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Insults Sentence Examples

  • I can get into enough trouble without people squeezing imaginary insults out of my words.

  • But you need something to keep you from challenging every merchant's son who insults your boots.

  • This can range from verbal banter, including insults, jokes and comments with sexual or racist undertones, to unwelcome physical abuse.

  • The " patriot " party did their utmost to curtail his prerogatives, and harass him with petty insults, and at last the Prussian king was obliged to interfere to save his niece, who was even more un- of popular than her weak husband, from being driven from the country.

  • Arrested with Robespierre and Saint-Just, his colleagues in the triumvirate of the Terror, and subjected to indescribable sufferings and insults, he was taken to the scaffold on the same cart with Robespierre on the 28th of July 1794 (loth Thermidor).

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