Insult — Defs

01 n. The act of leaping on; onset; attack.

1.
The act of leaping on; onset; attack.[Obs.]
2.
Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; a deprecatory remark; an affront; an indignity.
“The ruthless sneer that insult adds to grief.” — Savage.
3.
An injury to an organism; trauma; as, to produce an experimental insult to investigate healing processes.(Med., Biology)

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

02 v. t. To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.

imp. & p. p. Insulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Insulting

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

03 v. i. To leap or jump.

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.