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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 usu v-link 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. 
oft N to n 
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 V inflects, PHR with cl