insult, übersetzung im Collins English Cobuild & Thesaurus Wörterbuch

insult (insults plural & 3rd person present) (insulting present participle) (insulted past tense & past participle )
The verb is pronounced [PH:I][PH:n][PH:s][PH:^][PH:l][PH:t]. The noun is pronounced [PH:I][PH:n][PH:s][PH:^][PH:l][PH:t].

1  verb If someone insults you, they say or do something that is rude or offensive.
I did not mean to insult you...  V n
♦ insulted  adj
I would be a bit insulted if he said anything like that.

2 n-count An insult is a rude remark, or something a person says or does which insults you.
Their behaviour was an insult to the people they represent...

3 You say to add insult to injury when mentioning an action or fact that makes an unfair or unacceptable situation even worse.
♦ add insult to injury phrase