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| Main Entry: | insult |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hateful communication |
| Synonyms: | abuse, affront, aspersion, black eye*, blasphemy, contempt, contumely, derision, despite, discourtesy, disgrace, disrespect, ignominy, impertinence, impudence, incivility, indignity, insolence, invective, libel, mockery, obloquy, offense, opprobrium, outrage, put-down, rudeness, scorn, shame, slam, slander, slap, slight, snub, taunt, vituperation, cheap shot, disdainfulness, scurrility, slap in the face, superciliousness, unpleasantry, vilification |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flattery, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | insult |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abuse, offend |
| Synonyms: | abase, affront, aggravate, annoy, blister, curse, cut to the quick, debase, degrade, deride, dishonor, disoblige, dump on, flout, gird, humiliate, injure, irritate, jeer, libel, mock, outrage, pan*, provoke, put down*, revile, ridicule, roast*, scoff, slam*, slander, slight, sneer, snub, step on one's toes, taunt, tease, underestimate, vex |
| Antonyms: | compliment, flatter, praise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | antagonize |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause problem; oppose |
| Synonyms: | alienate, anger, annoy, counteract, estrange, insult, irritate, neutralize, offend, repel, struggle, work against |
| Antonyms: | agree, aid, help |
| Main Entry: | appall/appal |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | horrify |
| Synonyms: | alarm, amaze, astound, awe, daunt, disconcert, dishearten, dismay, faze, frighten, insult, intimidate, outrage, petrify, scare, shake, shock, terrify, throw, unnerve, consternate, get to*, gross out |
| Antonyms: | comfort, encourage, reassure, satisfy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | back talk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | rude answer |
| Synonyms: | cheek, comeback, guff, insolence, insult, lip, mouth, rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, sass, sauce, back answer, backchat, nasty reply, short answer, uptake |
| Main Entry: | defy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | challenge, frustrate |
| Synonyms: | baffle, beard, brave, confront, contemn, dare, defeat, deride, despise, disregard, elude, face, flout, foil, front, gibe*, hang tough*, ignore, insult, mock, oppose, provoke, repel, repulse, resist, ridicule, scorn, slight, spurn, stick*, thwart, venture, violate, withstand, fly in face of, hurl defiance at, make my day, outdare, stick fast, take one on |
| Antonyms: | give in, obey, surrender, yield |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disgust |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause aversion; repel |
| Synonyms: | abominate, be repulsive, bother, cloy on, disenchant, displease, disturb, fill with loathing, gross out, insult, irk, make one sick, nauseate, offend, offend morals of, outrage, pall, pique, put off, reluct, repulse, revolt, scandalize, shock, sicken, surfeit, turn off, turn one's stomach, upset |
| Antonyms: | admire, appeal, desire, esteem, like, love, respect, revere |
| Main Entry: | dishonor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of shame |
| Synonyms: | abasement, abuse, affront, blame, degradation, discourtesy, discredit, disfavor, disgrace, disrepute, ignominy, indignity, infamy, insult, obloquy, odium, offense, opprobrium, outrage, reproach, scandal, slight, disesteem |
| Antonyms: | credit, esteem, honor |
| Main Entry: | disoblige |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | displease, annoy |
| Synonyms: | affront, bother, discommode, disturb, inconvenience, insult, offend, put out, slight, trouble, upset, vex, incommode, put about |
| Antonyms: | agree, oblige, please |
| Main Entry: | disservice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unkindness |
| Synonyms: | detriment, disfavor, harm, hurt, injury, injustice, insult, outrage, prejudice, wrong, bad turn |
| Antonyms: | benevolence, favor, giving, kindness, service, good turn |
| Main Entry: | flout |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | show contempt for |
| Synonyms: | affront, defy, deride, disregard, gibe, gird, insult, jeer, laugh at, mock, outrage, quip, repudiate, ridicule, scoff, scorn, slight, sneer, spurn, taunt, thumb nose at |
| Notes: | one flaunts (makes much of) something of one's own (wealth, good looks, education) while one flouts (disregards or violates) something outside oneself (convention, law, regulation); to flaunt is to show off and to flout is to treat with contempt or disregard with smugness |
| Antonyms: | honor, respect |
| Main Entry: | ill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misfortune |
| Synonyms: | abuse, affection, affliction, ailment, complaint, condition, cruelty, damage, depravity, destruction, disease, disorder, evil, harm, hurt, illness, indisposition, infirmity, injury, insult, malady, malaise, malice, mischief, misery, pain, sickness, suffering, syndrome, trial, tribulation, trouble, unpleasantness, wickedness, woe, wrong, badness |
| Antonyms: | benefit, blessing, fortune, happiness, luck, privilege, profit, prosperity |
| Main Entry: | indignity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | embarrassment, humiliation |
| Synonyms: | abuse, affront, contumely, discourtesy, dishonor, disrespect, grievance, injury, injustice, insult, obloquy, opprobrium, outrage, put-down*, reproach, slap*, slight, slur, snub, taunt, backhanded compliment, take-down |
| Antonyms: | dignity, esteem, honor, regard, respect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | injury |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hurt, harm |
| Synonyms: | abrasion, abuse, affliction, affront, agony, bad, bite, blemish, bruise, burn, chop, cramp, cut, damage, detriment, discomfiture, disservice, distress, evil, fracture, gash, grievance, hemorrhage, ill, indignity, injustice, insult, laceration, lesion, libel, loss, mischief, misery, nick, ouch*, outrage, pang, ruin, scar, scratch, shock, slander, sore, sprain, stab, sting, suffering, swelling, trauma, twinge, wound, wrong, boo-boo, deformation, impairment, mutilation |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, benefit, blessing, favor, good, health, help, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | irreverence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disrespect |
| Synonyms: | blasphemy, cheek, derision, discourtesy, flippancy, heresy, impertinence, impiety, impudence, insult, mockery, profanity, ridicule, rudeness, sin, sauciness, sinfulness |
| Antonyms: | regard, respect, reverence |
| Main Entry: | malign |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slander, defame |
| Synonyms: | abuse, accuse, backbite*, bad-mouth*, befoul, besmirch, blacken, calumniate, curse, decry, defile, denigrate, depreciate, derogate, detract, dirty*, disparage, harm, injure, insult, misrepresent, pollute, rap, revile, roast*, run down*, scandalize, slur, smear, soil, spatter*, stain, sully, taint, tarnish, tear down, traduce, vilify, vituperate, asperse, bespatter, cast aspersion, mudsling, opprobriate, speak ill of, take a swipe at, villainize |
| Antonyms: | praise, uphold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nettle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | provoke, upset |
| Synonyms: | annoy, chafe, disgust, disturb, exasperate, fret, get*, goad, harass, huff, incense, insult, irritate, miff, peeve*, pester, pet, pique, put out*, rile, roil, ruffle, stew*, sting*, tease, tiff*, vex, snit |
| Antonyms: | appease, mollify, please |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obloquy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calumny |
| Synonyms: | abuse, animadversion, aspersion, censure, criticism, defamation, disgrace, humiliation, ignominy, insult, invective, reproach, slander, vituperation, bad press |
| Main Entry: | outrage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wrong, offend, abuse |
| Synonyms: | affront, aggrieve, defile, deflower, desecrate, force, incense, infuriate, injure, insult, jar*, madden, maltreat, mistreat, misuse, oppress, persecute, raise Cain*, rape, ravage, ravish, scandalize, shock, spoil, violate, whip up*, boil over*, burn up*, do violence to, fire up, ill- treat, kick up a row, make hit the ceiling, reach boiling point |
| Antonyms: | delight, please, make happy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | provocation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incitement, stimulus |
| Synonyms: | affront, annoyance, cause, challenge, dare, defy, grievance, grounds, harassment, incentive, indignity, inducement, injury, instigation, insult, justification, motivation, offense, provoking, reason, taunt, vexation, bothering, brickbat, casus belli, grabber, irking, vexing |
| Antonyms: | prevention, repression, suppression |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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