INSULT, INSULTED, INSULTER, INSULTING, INSULTINGLY
ADJECTIVES
1000 — TEENFUL insulting, abusive → obs.
1340 — DESPITOUS insulting, vexing → obs.
1420 — SPUTOUS exhibiting contempt or haughtiness; hence, insulting, vexing → obs.
1450 — DESPITEFUL insulting, opprobrious → obs.
1598 — AFFRONTOUS full of affront; insulting; hostile → obs.
1630 — OPPROBRIOUS of actions, feelings, etc.: offering or disposed to offer indignity; insulting, insolent → obs.
1633 — INSULTANT insulting
1659 — AFFRONTIVE characterized by impudence, insult, or offence; having the tendency to cause offence
1663 — AFFRONTED insulted; offended
1663 — SARCASMOUS sarcastic; insulting → obs.
1740 — AFFRONTFUL insulting, offensive
2006 — BENT OUT OF SHAPE angry; insulted → US sl. (Bk.)
ADVERBS
1754 — AFFRONTFULLY offensively, insultingly → obs.
INTERJECTIONS, PHRASES
1534 — YOU’RE ANOTHER! a contemptuous response to an insult
..20C — ANOTHER PUSH AND YOU’D HAVE BEEN A CHINK a general insult; the implication (in this context a slur) is that one’s mother was happy to have sex with all races → sl.
..20C — ANOTHER PUSH AND YOU’D HAVE BEEN A NIGGER a general insult; the implication (in this context a slur) is that one’s mother was happy to have sex with all races → sl.
1910 — UP YOUR BUM! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. → Aust. sl.
1920 — UP YOUR JUMPER! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. → Aust. sl.
1942 — THAT’S YOUR MAMMY! used as a general insult or intentionally provocative remark, or as a retort in response to such a remark → Amer. dial.
1971 — YO’ MAMA! used as a general insult or intentionally provocative remark, or as a retort in response to such a remark → Amer. dial.
1976 — AND A MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU TOO! used ironically in response to a disparagement or an insult → UK sl.
1979 — UP YOUR NOSE WITH A RUBBER HOSE! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. → sl.
1980 — READ MY LIPS used to convey that one is thinking something insulting or obscene but choosing not to speak it → sl.
1996 — UP YOUR BUM CHUM! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1996 — UP YOUR DATE MATE! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1996 — UP YOUR NOSE WITH A RUBBER HOSE AND TWICE AS FAR WITH A CHOCOLATE BAR! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1996 — UP YOUR NOSE! an exclamation of scornful dismissal, rejection, insult, contempt, etc. → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1997 — UNPROFESSIONAL, THAT’S WHAT YOU ARE used as a humorous if pointed insult → US sl.
1999 — GO DIP YOUR EYE IN HOT COCKY CACK! an insult → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
1999 — YOU’D MAKE A BLOWFLY SICK! an insult → Aust. sl. (Bk.)
2002 — OSAMA YO MAMA used as a general insult → 2002 US teen sl.
NOUNS
..971 — BISMER a reproach, a taunt, an insult → obs.
1000 — TEEN reproach, insult; insulting or offensively contemptuous language or treatment → obs.
1225 — HARD WORD an insult; a reprimand
1225 — MISSAW calumny, slander, insult → obs.
1330 — HOUNTEE insult, abuse; also, shame, ignominy → obs.
1340 — MISSAYING slander, defamation, insult; an insult, a slanderous remark → obs.
1350 — REPROCE an insult → obs.
1382 — ABUSION contemptuous or reproachful language; reviling, insult → obs.
1382 — REPROOF insulting or opprobrious language or behaviour towards a person; insult, abuse, scorn → obs.
1400 — BLASPHEME an insult; a slanderous or denigrating remark → obs.
1450 — CONTUMELY an insult, an insolent reproach; a piece of scornful insolence
1485 — BLASPHEMATION slander, defamation, insult → Sc. obs.
1513 — INSULTATION an insulting; an insult → obs.
1553 — GOAD an insult, an irritant, a torment
1569 — OPPROBRY contumelious treatment; an indignity, insult → obs.
1577 — YARK an insulting or mocking remark→ obs.
1590 — JERK an insulting or mocking remark → obs.
1602 — BAFFLING treatment with insult or contumely → obs.
1615 — INSULTANCE insulting action or behaviour → obs.
1616 — INSULTMENT an insulting; insult → obs.
1642 — BRICKBAT an insult, criticism, or expression of vehement opposition
1649 — BRICK-BRACK a criticism, an insult
1730 — AFFRONTINGNESS insulting or offensive manner or behaviour → obs.
1765 — AFFRONTMENT an insulting someone; also, the feeling resulting from this; indignation at having been insulted or offended
1790 — SCATHE AND SCORN insult and injury, blame, reproach → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1834 — SLANGING MATCH a prolonged exchange of insults or verbal abuse → chiefly UK, Aust. & NZ
1846 — MUDBALL an insult, slur, jibe
1858 — MUD-SLINGING the exchange of insults or abuse; the use of criticisms and accusations, esp. unjust ones, to damage the reputation of an opponent
1883 — BACKCAP a verbal insult based upon the insulted person’s background; a sharp reply → Amer. dial.
1884 — SLAM an insult or put-down → US sl.
1896 — MOUTH backtalk; insults → UK sl.
..L19 — ONE IN THE EYE a sharp response, an unpleasant experience, an insult → sl.
..20C — FUNGUS-FACE an insult to a person → sl.
..20C — SPITBALL an insult, a jibe → US sl.
1900 — SHOOT THE DOZENS a very elaborate verbal rhyming game traditionally played by Black boys, in which the participants insult each other’s relatives in twelve censures -especially their mothers; the object of the game is to test emotional strength; the first person to give in to anger is the loser → African-American sl.
1901 — BACK-CHAT insulting speech; impertinent or impudent replies → colloq.
1901 — NIPPER a stinging remark, a barb, an insult → Sc.
1905 — DUNT an insult; a gibe → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1910 — PAIN a general insult to someone or something → Aust. sl.
1915 — DIRTY DOZEN(S) a provocative exchange of obscene, often rhymed insults concerning esp. the mothers of those participating → African-American sl.
1915 — DOZEN(S) a provocative exchange of obscene, often rhymed insults concerning esp. the mothers of those participating → African-American sl.
1930 — JACKER-OFF a general insult; literally, a masturbator → US sl.
1930 — JACK-OFF a general insult; literally, a masturbator → US sl.
1942 — BURN a scathing remark or retort; a particularly cutting insult → sl. (Bk.)
1956 — SLAGGING MATCH a prolonged exchange of insults, esp. when carried out in public
1960 — BAD TALK a form of ritual name-calling, based on insulting one’s target’s family → African-American sl.
1960 — CAPPING the ritual exchange of verbal insults → African-American
1960 — RANKING the act of insulting, usually one’s family, and esp. one’s mother → African-American sl.
1960 — VERBALS insults, abuse, backtalk → sl.
1960 — ZIT a general insult → US students’ sl.
1967 — CAP an insult aimed at someone’s family; used as part of a ritualized interchange → sl., orig. African-American
1967 — SOUND a taunt or tease; an insult → US sl.
1970 — DAPTO a general insult → Aust. teen sl.
1970 — MANG a general insult → Aust. teen sl.
1978 — BRICK THROWING the hurling of insults or condemnations
1978 — FACIAL an instance of humiliation; an insult; a rebuff → Amer. sl.
1986 — DIS an insult; an expression of scorn or contempt → sl., orig. US
1990 — CACK-FACE a term of insult → sl.
1990 — KNACKER an insult aimed at a person → UK juvenile sl.
1990 — SNAP an insult, esp. a public taunt → Amer. sl.
1990 — TRASH TALK provocative insults addressed by one athlete to others → US sports usage
NOUNS, PERSON
..16C — HARLOT a man of loose life; a fornicator; a lecher; also, a term or opprobrium or insult → obs.
1558 — TAUNTER a reproacher; an insulter
1602 — OUTRAYER a person who insults or abuses another → obs.
1809 — AFFRONTEE a person who has been insulted or offended
1920 — MAMMY-DODGER a supreme insult, a motherfucker → African-American euphemism
1923 — SNOUT-FACE a personal insult
1930 — SIGNIFIER one who boasts or makes insulting remarks → African-American sl.
1940 — TAIL-WAGGER a general insult for a person → sl.
1950 — MAMA-JAMMER — MAMMY-JAMMER a supreme insult; a motherfucker → euphemism
1950 — MAMMY-JABBER a supreme insult; a motherfucker → euphemism
1950 — MOTHER-HUBBA — MOTHER HUBBER a supreme insult, ‘motherfucker’ → euphemism, orig. US
1950 — MOTHER-HUBBARD a supreme insult, ‘motherfucker’ → euphemism, orig. US
1950 — MOTHER-HUGGER a supreme insult, ‘motherfucker’ → US euphemism,
1960 — EM-EFF — EMM-EFF ‘motherfucker’; a supreme insult → euphemism, orig. US
1960 — MAMMY-RAMMER a supreme insult, a motherfucker → euphemism
1960 — MOTHER-HUMPER a supreme insult, ‘motherfucker’ → US euphemism,
1970 — MOMMA-HOPPER — MOTHER-HOPPER a supreme insult, ‘motherfucker’ → euphemism
2000 — MAFA a supreme insult, a motherfucker → African-American sl.
VERBS
..950 — HEAN — HENE to insult, to humiliate, to debase, to lower → obs.
1000 — BISMER to treat with scorn, to mock, to deride, to insult → obs.
1325 — HONISH to bring to disgrace; to dishonour, to insult; to destroy, to ruin, to put an end to → obs.
1393 — REVILE to subject to insult or abuse; to talk to in an angry or insulting manner
1400 — DISPERSON to treat with indignity, to insult → Sc. & Eng. dial., obs.
1425 — INSAUT to assail contemptuously, to insult → obs.
1440 — JAPE to mock, to deride, to scoff; to insult → obs.
1440 — OUTRAY to injure, to insult; to treat violently → obs.
1483 — CONTUMELY to reproach insolently, to insult → obs.
1501 — REBALK to subject to insult or abuse; to reproach → Sc. obs.
1504 — CAG to offend; to insult → Eng. dial.
1530 — MISPERSON to insult, to slander → Sc. obs.
1551 — FLOUT to mock, to jeer, to insult
1570 — ASCORN to insult, to affront → obs.
1574 — FART AGAINST to express contempt for a person, to insult → obs.
1577 — FRUMP to mock, flout, to jeer; to taunt, to insult, to snub → obs.
1578 — AFFRENT to insult, to offend → obs.
1597 — BITE ONE’S THUMB AT to insult; to show contempt for a person by making a biting gesture with the thumb
1600 — FIG to insult a person by giving him the fig (a contemptuous gesture which consisted in thrusting the thumb between two of the closed fingers, or into the mouth → obs.
1622 — TIT to scoff, to jeer, to insult → Eng. dial.
1624 — SHIT ON to treat with contempt, to insult; to mistreat → sl.
1658 — PELT to attack with written or verbal insults
1665 — UPBRAID to insult → obs.
1699 — TOP UPON to insult a person → obs.
1700 — TOP to insult → obs.
1746 — TING to whip; to scold severely; to chide; to assail with insults → Eng. dial. obs.
..19C — EAT DOG to ‘eat one’s words’; to back down from an untenable position; to assume the responsibility for what one has said or done; to suffer humiliation and insult without reciprocating → sl.
1801 — KEG to annoy, to vex, to insult, to give sharp offense; to grieve → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1822 — FOUL-MOUTH to abuse verbally; to insult, to disparage, to slander → chiefly S. Asian
1838 — MOCK THE AFFLICTED to speak or behave maliciously, insultingly, or insensitively to someone already in distress or suffering misfortune
1854 — CHOPSE to insult verbally; to shout at angrily → Eng. dial.
1859 — MISLEST to molest, to annoy, to insult → Eng. dial.
1861 — JOE to insult and ridicule a person → Aust. & NZ sl.
1877 — EAT BOILED CROW to suffer humiliations and insults without responding in kind → sl.
1877 — EAT CROW to suffer humiliations and insults without responding in kind → sl.
1884 — SLAM to utter insults, to be severely critical → US sl.
1887 — NICK to answer in a mocking, insulting, cutting manner → Sc.
1898 — BAFFLE to insult, to bully, to tease → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — LIP to insult, abuse; to be impudent to → colloq.
..L19 — BACKCAP to insult someone by disparaging their family → African-American sl.
..L19 — BACKCLAP to insult someone → sl.
..20C — CAP to put down; to insult → teen & high school sl.
..20C — CUT DOWN ON to insult → teen & high school sl.
..20C — CUT ON to insult → teen & high school sl.
1905 — SULT to insult → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1914 — BURN to insult a person in a particularly cutting or scathing manner → US sl.
1920 — PLAY IN THE FAMILY to indulge in a bout of ritualized name-calling, based on insulting each other’s mother → African-American sl.
1921 — CRACK WISE to speak in a knowing or sardonic manner; to offer insults; to wisecrack → Amer. sl., orig. criminals’
1930 — TALK THAT TALK to indulge in ritual name-calling, esp. based on insulting one’s opponent’s mother → African-American sl.
1932 — SIGNIFY to engage in ritualist insults, goading and teasing → US sl., chiefly African-American
1939 — JOAN — JONE to engage in a ritualized exchange of insults → African-American sl.
1941 — JOREE to make fun of, to tease; to insult → Amer. dial.
1942 — CRACK— CRACK ON to taunt or insult, as with a wisecrack → Amer. sl., chiefly African-American
1942 — CRUST to insult → US sl. (Bk.)
1943 — CAP to engage in a playful or competitive exchange of insults and wordplay
1950 — FACE to outperform, to show up, to humiliate, to insult → US students’ sl.
1950 — RANK ON to insult, often by ritual insults directed at the other person’s mother → sl.
1952 — FACE DOWN to humiliate, to insult, to show up → US students’ sl.
1954 — CUT UNDER to insult → Amer. dial.
1958 — MOUTH OFF to insult → US sl.
1958 — RANK to insult or put down someone, esp. within one’s social group → African-American sl.
1959 — SOUND to speak or inform; to tease someone; to flirt; to insult someone in a semi-formal quasi-friendly competition → US sl.
1960 — MEAN-MOUTH to malign; to scold; to insult; to give a tongue-lashing to → Amer. dial.
1960 — SHOOT ON to belittle; to insult; to verbally attack → African-American sl.
1965 — DIG to make a cutting remark; to jab at verbally, to insult → Amer. dial.
1965 — EAT TURKEY to suffer humiliation and insult without reciprocating → US sl.
1966 — RANK OUT to kid or tease a person; to harass, to insult → Amer. dial.
1968 — PIMP to mock, to insult → sl., orig. & chiefly US
1969 — CRAB to criticize, to insult; to annoy → Amer. dial.
1970 — CAMP IT OFF to shrug off an insult → US homosexual sl.
1970 — SCREAM ON to insult or disparage someone; to speak in a derogatory manner about; to embarrass someone publicly → Amer. sl.
1971 — FATMOUTH to speak ill of a person, to insult
1972 — SCREAM to insult or disparage someone; to speak in a derogatory manner about; to embarrass someone publicly → Amer. sl.
1973 — GIVE SOMEONE THE VERBAL to insult, to abuse → Brit. sl.
1974 — DOG to criticize, to insult, to treat harshly → colloq., chiefly US
1974 — ZING to insult; to assault verbally, esp. with bitter humour → US sl.
1980 — DIS to abuse or insult, usually verbally → sl., orig. US
1980 — GAFF to insult, to ignore → US students’ sl.
1980 — SCREAM COLD ON to insult or disparage someone; to speak in a derogatory manner about; to embarrass someone publicly → Amer. sl.
1985 — SLAG to insult, to disparage → colloq.
1990 — SNAP ON to insult, esp. publicly and in a sort of competitive way → Amer. sl.
1993 — BAG — BAG ON to insult someone in a competitive, quasi-friendly spirit → US sl.
1993 — CRACK ON to insult someone → African-American sl.
1998 — DIG OUT to taunt, to insult → UK sl.
1999 — CARRY COALS to put up with insults (Bk.)
2000 — DIS — DISS to insult in a competitive, quasi-friendly spirit, esp. in a competitive rap battle → US sl.
2002 — COME OUT OF THE SIDE OF YOUR NECK to talk back, to insult → US sl.