[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

insulting \insult"ing\, a.
   containing, or characterized by, insult or abuse; tending to
   insult or affront; as, insulting language, treatment, etc. --
   insult"ingly, adv.

   syn: insolent; impertinent; saucy; rude; abusive;
        contemptuous. see insolent.
        1913 webster
see also:
insult"ingly insolent 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

insult \insult"\, v. t. imp.  p. p. insulted; p. pr.  vb.
   n. insulting. f. insulter, l. insultare, freq. fr.
   insilire to leap into or upon; pref. in- in, on + salire to
   leap. see salient.
   1913 webster
   1. to leap or trample upon; to make a sudden onset upon.
      obs. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to treat with abuse, insolence, indignity, or contempt, by
      word or action; to abuse; as, to call a man a coward or a
      liar, or to sneer at him, is to insult him.
      1913 webster
see also:
insulted insulting salient 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

insulting
     adj 1: expressing offensive reproach syn: abusive, opprobrious,
             scornful, scurrilous
     2: expressing extreme contempt syn: contemptuous, disdainful,
         scornful
see also:
abusive opprobrious scornful scurrilous contemptuous disdainful 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

33 moby thesaurus words for "insulting":
   abusive, arrogant, atrocious, audacious, backhand, backhanded,
   bumptious, calumnious, cold, contumelious, cool, degrading,
   disdainful, familiar, forward, hubristic, humiliating, insolent,
   left-handed, obtrusive, offensive, outrageous, overpresumptuous,
   overweening, presuming, presumptuous, procacious, pushy, scurrile,
   scurrilous, unspeakable, uppish, uppity

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