Used in a Sentence

insults

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for insults.

Editorial note

Do you think such insults are going to encourage them to keep trying to elevate the level of conversation here?

Examples18
Definitions3
Parts of speech1

Quick take

(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of insults gathered in one view.

noun

(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.

noun

(countable) Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality).

noun

(countable, uncountable, medicine) Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for insults.

noun

(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.

noun

(countable) Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality).

noun

(countable, uncountable, medicine) Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused.

Example sentences

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Do you think such insults are going to encourage them to keep trying to elevate the level of conversation here?

2

Thought that this would be a collection of the insults that Jobs was famous for.

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At least you could have been a tad more original or at least entertaining if you're going to resort to insults.

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Casual use of the word retard (not in the context of mechanisms) might see a few downvotes to poke people into more creative insults.

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Then why not stop including insults with your technical criticisms?

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Really: learn to English and come up with better insults.

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Then, there isn't a catalogue for insults and their penalty.

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I think there's a good point in your comment but I think you have buried it in unnecessary insults and mischaracterizations of the article.

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Some things qualify as insults, others don't.

10

You hurl insults, make a lot of claims without providing evidence that backs them, and generally come across as someone who has a lot of personal bias on the matter.

11

Don't cover it with playground insults.) But it pains me to see plenty of people with some kind of social conscience completely wasting their energy complaining about stuff like this.

12

People used the internet, not as a tool of information as we do today, but to debate different points of view and exchange insults on the internet.

Quote examples

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It's also quite ironic given all of the insults lobbed at banks and their "bad technology" in Standard Treasury's pitch deck.

2

Then those terms became insults, so they started using the term "mentally retarded".

3

There's also the class of subtle insults like "I didnt know you could program".

4

Insults aside, there is a glimpse of sunlight in one thing you say: I look at what's happening using "feminism" and its abhorrent.

Proper noun examples

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Insults as a criminal offense need a personal demand for a penalty to warrant persecution by the state.

2

Insults or bait should roll off police like water from a duck's back.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use insults in a sentence?

Do you think such insults are going to encourage them to keep trying to elevate the level of conversation here?

What does insults mean?

(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.

What part of speech is insults?

insults is commonly used as noun.