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insulted their hosts by casually remarking about the outdated look of their home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
Even when insulted or thwarted – by Spanish intrigues on the Florida frontier, by British seizures in the Caribbean, by pamphleteers accusing him of being a monarch in disguise – Washington’s tone remained measured.
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Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
But there’s a big difference between knowing that a relative is a pill and loving them through it and being rudely insulted by a relative and just sucking it up.
—Eric Thomas, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
Accustomed to playing charming heroic protagonists, he is insulted by the offer of a supporting role.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 18 Dec. 2025
The researchers found that roughly half of respondents had been insulted in the past three months, a third had been harassed, and fifteen per cent had been threatened.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
After Minaj insulted her daughter, Cardi drew praise for mostly taking the high road.
—Janeé Bolden, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2025
Her win follows a recent controversy where a pageant director publicly insulted her.
—Laura Daniella Sepulveda, AZCentral.com, 21 Nov. 2025
No woman, under any circumstance, deserves to be insulted or humiliated.
—Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
Folklorist Thomas Keightley tells the tale of a kobold named Hödeken who was insulted by a kitchen boy who kept spraying water at him.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for insulted
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But Kelce wasn't offended, The Good Wife alum recalled.—
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Kelce, however, wasn’t offended, the Best Medicine star shared.—
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Good, the 37-year-old mother fatally shot by an ICE officer in Minneapolis, has mobilized people who haven't typically been politically involved but are outraged by the shooting, Indivisible co-founder Leah Greenberg said in an interview.—
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Black Lives Matter leaders, who hosted the Sunday night vigil, are outraged by what happened.—
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“Insulted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/insulted. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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