Words similar to insult

Example sentences for: insult

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Obviously the short-lived French conquests in the region left behind words and names; here a crazy man is foo [for Fr fou ] or, if you want to insult him, a crapaud toad, while on our little island resolutely British placenames (Grenville, Victoria) nestle beside villages like Perd-mon-Temps, La Tante, Crochu.
To brand dogs such as Chihuahuas as "not good" with children "is not just an insult; it is a dangerous statement in an age when every state and many towns have adopted or are considering laws restricting, banning or even requiring the killing of particular suspect breeds."
In short, Quindlen is a sentimentalist, which is not an insult in Culturebox's book, since to harden one's heart to sentimentalism is to take oneself beyond the reach of much of American culture.
And I became melancholy as I puzzled over Michelangelo's reasons for what I supposed was an insult to the deliverer of the Hebrews and the Law Giver of the Western World.
John McCain bristled at this, saying Zinni's testimony was an "insult to my intelligence."