English Dictionary

insult

IPA（発音記号）

/ɪnˈsʌlt/

名詞

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(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.

日本語の意味

相手を意図的に不快にさせる発言や行為、すなわち侮辱や中傷を意味します。 / 具体的な例として、他人をけなす、嘲る、または軽蔑する言動を指します。

The team's morale suffered after days of constant insult from their supervisor.

上司からの数日間にわたる継続的な侮辱により、チームの士気は低下した。

意味（1）

(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.

Preſent we meet thy ſneaking treacherous ſmiles; The harmleſs abſent ſtill thy ſneer reviles; Such as in thee all parts ſuperior find, The ſneer that marks the fool and knave combin'd; When melting pity would afford relief The ruthleſs ſneer that insult adds to grief.

意味（2）

(countable) Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality).

The way the orchestra performed tonight was an insult to my ears.

意味（3）

(countable, uncountable, medicine) Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused.

The exact nature of the teratological insult in diabetic pregnancy, and the cell biological details of the induced disturbances, are not known.

意味（4）

(countable, also figuratively, archaic) An assault or attack; (specifically, military, obsolete) an assault, attack, or onset carried out without preparation.

Then fir'd with pious Rage, the gen'rous Train / Run madly forward, to revenge the ſlain. / And ſome with eager haſte their Jav'lins throw; / And ſome, with Sword in hand, aſſault the Foe. / The wiſh'd Inſult the Latine Troops embrace; / And meet their Ardour in the middle Space.

意味（5）

(countable, obsolete) An act of leaping upon.

The Bull's Inſult at Four ſhe [the mother cow] may ſuſtain; / But, after Ten, from Nuptial Rites refrain. / Six Seaſons uſe; but then releaſe the Cow, / Unfit for Love, and for the lab'ring Plough.

insults （ plural ）