What does insulting mean?
Insulting means Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting..
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/ɪnˈsʌltɪŋ/ · adjective
Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting..
He received an insulting letter.
Musk’s Israel tour was transparently transactional and frankly insulting. The antisemitic sentiment Musk endorsed had nothing to do with Israel; “replacement theory” is generally an unsupported allegation that Jews and other immigrants in the US and Europe are destroying Western civilization.
grievous reproaches, and scornful insultings over him in his affliction
Many were the outragings and insultings of the Indians upon the English while Sir Edmund Andros was Governor.
Use insulting when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Insulting means Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting..
Common synonyms include scornful, scurrilous, disdainful, opprobrious.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
He received an insulting letter.
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