INSULTED Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

insulted

verb

past tense of insult

as in offended

to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home

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Recent Examples of insulted For the last two years, Francesca Ortega insulted Latinos on social media with rhetoric that sounded straight from Stephen Miller. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 Others insulted them, settling into the familiar wrestling roles of heroes and villains before ever stepping between the ropes. — Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026 The film internalizes potential objections about a foreign director making a film that claims insight into Japanese characters’ interiority, with Carter being ritualistically insulted as a gaijin, or outsider. — Vadim Rizov, Variety, 19 Sep. 2026 The View star Alyssa Farah Griffin said a former boss who now works for Fox News once insulted her intelligence. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2026 The charges against Gao relate to artistic works that China's authorities claim insulted revolutionary figures, including a 2009 statue called Mao’s Guilt, which shows the former leader and founder of modern China as kneeling in repentance. — ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 Screenshots shared with The Charlotte Observer by Moore show that Bogan repeatedly messaged Reform Stables’ business associates or fellow event organizers with animal abuse allegations against the stable and Moore, and insulted him online. — Amber Gaudet updated August 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Aug. 2026 At the time, TMZ reported that the fight started when the other inmate, whose identity was not made public, insulted the rapper. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026 This insulted the intelligence of the American people, who can make up their own minds without being told what to think. — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 31 July 2026

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The Brewers should be offended at the premise behind the owners’ push for a salary cap.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2026
There’s a sense in the gut that really gets offended by people who abuse their power.

— Sheelah Kolhatkar, New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2026

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Radicals, outraged at its concessions, wanted to fight and topple the shogunate in favor of imperial rule.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026
Team member outraged University of Maryland freshman Camryn Bryant is on the club tennis team that is embroiled in the scandal.

— Mike Hellgren, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026

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