- abusive, insulting, opprobrious, scornful, scurrilous - expressing offensive reproach
Antonyms: inoffensive, unoffending (indirect, via offensive)
- contemptuous, disdainful, insulting, scornful - expressing extreme contempt
Antonym: respectful (indirect, via disrespectful)
- diss, insult, affront - treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"
--1 is one way to hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun insult2, noun insult1
Sam cannot insult Sue
The performance is likely to insult Sue