insult
/ɪnˈsʌlt/ verb B2- To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone).
He/she/it insults · Past insulted · Past participle insulted · -ing form insulting
Verb forms
- Base form
- insult
- He/she/it
- insults
- Past
- insulted
- Past participle
- insulted
- -ing form
- insulting
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Of course, he had insulted her terribly, but still--!
Escaping, the Fly said mockingly, “You who have wished to revenge, even with death, the Prick of a tiny insect, see what you have done to yourself to add insult to injury?” The Bald Man replied, “I can easily make peace with myself, because I know there was no intention to hurt.
The expiring Lion said, “I have reluctantly brooked the insults of the brave, but to be compelled to endure such treatment from thee, a disgrace to Nature, is indeed to die a double death.”
He thus addressed him: “Sirrah, last year you grossly insulted me.” “Indeed,” bleated the Lamb in a mournful tone of voice, “I was not then born.” Then said the Wolf, “You feed in my pasture.” “No, good sir,” replied the Lamb, “I have not yet tasted grass.” Again said the Wolf, “You drink of my well.” “No,” exclaimed the Lamb, “I never yet drank water, for as yet my mother’s milk is both food and drink to me.” Upon which the Wolf seized him and ate him up, saying, “Well!
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