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What does insult mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word insult? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To be rude, insensitive or insolent to (somebody); to demean or affront (someone). [from 17th c.]
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (over, against). [16th-19th c.]
  3. (obsolete) To leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
Noun
  1. An action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude.
  2. Anything that causes offence/offense, e.g. by being of an unacceptable quality.
  3. (medicine) Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes.
  4. (obsolete) The act of leaping on; onset; attack.
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