insulting
adjective
- call names, disparaging
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/
adj
- Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
“He received an insulting letter.”
“Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization.”
noun
- The act of giving insult.
“grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his affliction”
“Many were the outragings and insultings of the Indians upon the English while Sir Edmund Andros was Governor.”
verb
- present participle and gerund of insult