Words similar to insult

Example sentences for: insult

How can you use “insult” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Because "history moves in response to narratives, dream images, heroes, heroines, and myths," women need to think of themselves as latter-day incarnations of "Diana, avenger of insult; Sheba, a responsible, politically influential sovereign; and Nike, the feminine spirit of victory."
Oxidation of the single cysteine leads to the dissociation of OhrR from its DNA binding site and the derepression of the gene encoding an organic hydroperoxidase that eliminates the initial oxidizing insult.
Any nation determined to explode a nuclear bomb in Uncle Sam's front yard would have to be insane to deliver the insult by missile--it might as well affix a return address to the weapon before firing.
Sure, this is cowardly, intellectually dishonest, and an insult to the democratic process, but it's also thrifty, and that's important, too.
("Putz" is a Yiddish insult that literally means "penis" but in common usage means "fool."