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Insult

The act of leaping on; onset; attack.

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Billingsgate 76% connected

A market near the Billings gate in London, celebrated for fish and foul language.

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Indignity 76% connected

Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivil…

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Invective 76% connected

Characterized by invection; critical; denunciatory; satirical; abusive; railing.

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Outrage 76% connected

To rage in excess of.

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Scurrility 76% connected

The quality or state of being scurrile or scurrilous; mean, vile, or obscene jocularity.

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Stinger 76% connected

One who, or that which, stings.

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Vitriol 76% connected

A sulphate of any one of certain metals, as copper, iron, zinc, cobalt. So called on account of the glassy appearance or luster.

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Vituperation 76% connected

The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame.

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Bruise 76% connected

To injure, as by a blow or collision, without laceration; to contuse; as, to bruise one's finger with a hammer; to bruise the bark of a tree with a s…

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Discourtesy 76% connected

Rudeness of behavior or language; ill manners; manifestation of disrespect; incivility.

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Disrespect 76% connected

Want of respect or reverence; disesteem; incivility; discourtesy.

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Hurt 76% connected

A band on a trip-hammer helve, bearing the trunnions.

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Injure 76% connected

To do harm to; to impair the excellence and value of; to hurt; to damage; -- used in a variety of senses; as: (a) To hurt or wound, as the person; to…

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Offence 76% connected

See Offense.

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Offend 76% connected

To strike against; to attack; to assail.

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Offense 76% connected

Alt. of Offence

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Spite 76% connected

Ill-will or hatred toward another, accompanied with the disposition to irritate, annoy, or thwart; petty malice; grudge; rancor; despite.

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Wound 76% connected

of Wind

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Contumelious 74% connected

Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.

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Contumelious 74% connected

Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.

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Abuse 92% connected

To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to misuse; to put to a bad use; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert; as, to abuse inherited gold; to ma…

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Affront 92% connected

To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.

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Contumely 92% connected

Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace.

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Revilement 92% connected

The act of reviling; also, contemptuous language; reproach; abuse.

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Vilification 92% connected

The act of vilifying or defaming; abuse.

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