| insult | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. abuse, contumely, insult, revilement, vilification | a rude expression intended to offend or hurt.; "when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse"; "they yelled insults at the visiting team" |
| ~ discourtesy, disrespect | an expression of lack of respect. |
| ~ low blow | unscrupulous abuse. |
| ~ billingsgate, scurrility | foul-mouthed or obscene abuse. |
| ~ stinger, cut | a remark capable of wounding mentally.; "the unkindest cut of all" |
| ~ invective, vituperation, vitriol | abusive or venomous language used to express blame or censure or bitter deep-seated ill will. |
| n. (act) | 2. affront, insult | a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect.; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult" |
| ~ offense, offensive activity, discourtesy, offence | a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. |
| ~ indignity | an affront to one's dignity or self-esteem. |
| ~ scandalisation, scandalization, outrage | the act of scandalizing. |
| v. (communication) | 3. affront, diss, insult | treat, mention, or speak to rudely.; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone" |
| ~ spite, bruise, injure, wound, offend, hurt | hurt the feelings of.; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" |
| offend | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. offend, pique | cause to feel resentment or indignation.; "Her tactless remark offended me" |
| ~ resent | feel bitter or indignant about.; "She resents being paid less than her co-workers" |
| ~ anger | make angry.; "The news angered him" |
| v. (social) | 2. breach, break, go against, infract, offend, transgress, violate | act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises.; "offend all laws of humanity"; "violate the basic laws or human civilization"; "break a law"; "break a promise" |
| ~ disrespect | show a lack of respect for. |
| ~ sin, transgress, trespass | commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law. |
| ~ blunder, boob, drop the ball, goof, sin | commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake.; "I blundered during the job interview" |
| ~ contravene, infringe, run afoul, conflict | go against, as of rules and laws.; "He ran afoul of the law"; "This behavior conflicts with our rules" |
| ~ trespass | break the law. |
| ~ trespass, intrude | enter unlawfully on someone's property.; "Don't trespass on my land!" |
| v. (emotion) | 3. appal, appall, offend, outrage, scandalise, scandalize, shock | strike with disgust or revulsion.; "The scandalous behavior of this married woman shocked her friends" |
| ~ churn up, sicken, disgust, nauseate, revolt | cause aversion in; offend the moral sense of.; "The pornographic pictures sickened us" |
| v. (emotion) | 4. bruise, hurt, injure, offend, spite, wound | hurt the feelings of.; "She hurt me when she did not include me among her guests"; "This remark really bruised my ego" |
| ~ affront, diss, insult | treat, mention, or speak to rudely.; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone" |
| ~ arouse, elicit, evoke, provoke, enkindle, kindle, fire, raise | call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses).; "arouse pity"; "raise a smile"; "evoke sympathy" |
| ~ lacerate | deeply hurt the feelings of; distress.; "his lacerating remarks" |
| ~ sting | cause an emotional pain, as if by stinging.; "His remark stung her" |
| ~ abase, chagrin, humiliate, humble, mortify | cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of.; "He humiliated his colleague by criticising him in front of the boss" |
| ridicule | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. ridicule | language or behavior intended to mock or humiliate. |
| ~ discourtesy, disrespect | an expression of lack of respect. |
| n. (act) | 2. derision, ridicule | the act of deriding or treating with contempt. |
| ~ offense, offensive activity, discourtesy, offence | a lack of politeness; a failure to show regard for others; wounding the feelings or others. |
| ~ mock | the act of mocking or ridiculing.; "they made a mock of him" |
| v. (communication) | 3. blackguard, guy, jest at, laugh at, make fun, poke fun, rib, ridicule, roast | subject to laughter or ridicule.; "The satirists ridiculed the plans for a new opera house"; "The students poked fun at the inexperienced teacher"; "His former students roasted the professor at his 60th birthday" |
| ~ bemock, mock | treat with contempt.; "The new constitution mocks all democratic principles" |
| ~ tease | mock or make fun of playfully.; "the flirting man teased the young woman" |
| ~ lampoon, satirise, satirize | ridicule with satire.; "The writer satirized the politician's proposal" |
| ~ debunk, expose | expose while ridiculing; especially of pretentious or false claims and ideas.; "The physicist debunked the psychic's claims" |
| ~ stultify | cause to appear foolish.; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent" |
| embarrass | | |
| v. (emotion) | 1. abash, embarrass | cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. |
| ~ discomfit, discompose, untune, disconcert, upset | cause to lose one's composure. |
| ~ disconcert, flurry, confuse, put off | cause to feel embarrassment.; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" |
| v. (social) | 2. block, blockade, embarrass, hinder, obstruct, stymie, stymy | hinder or prevent the progress or accomplishment of.; "His brother blocked him at every turn" |
| ~ stonewall | obstruct or hinder any discussion.; "Nixon stonewalled the Watergate investigation"; "When she doesn't like to face a problem, she simply stonewalls" |
| ~ foreclose, forestall, preclude, prevent, forbid | keep from happening or arising; make impossible.; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project" |
| ~ filibuster | obstruct deliberately by delaying. |
| ~ check | block or impede (a player from the opposing team) in ice hockey. |
| ~ hang | prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury. |
| ~ bottleneck | slow down or impede by creating an obstruction.; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system" |
| put off | | |
| v. (stative) | 1. defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table | hold back to a later time.; "let's postpone the exam" |
| ~ reschedule | assign a new time and place for an event.; "We had to reschedule the doctor's appointment" |
| ~ call off, cancel, scrub, scratch | postpone indefinitely or annul something that was scheduled.; "Call off the engagement"; "cancel the dinner party"; "we had to scrub our vacation plans"; "scratch that meeting--the chair is ill" |
| ~ delay | act later than planned, scheduled, or required.; "Don't delay your application to graduate school or else it won't be considered" |
| ~ call | stop or postpone because of adverse conditions, such as bad weather.; "call a football game" |
| ~ hold | stop dealing with.; "hold all calls to the President's office while he is in a meeting" |
| ~ suspend | render temporarily ineffective.; "the prison sentence was suspended" |
| ~ probate | put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence. |
| ~ reprieve, respite | postpone the punishment of a convicted criminal, such as an execution. |
| v. (emotion) | 2. put off, turn off | cause to feel intense dislike or distaste. |
| ~ repel, repulse | be repellent to; cause aversion in. |
| v. (emotion) | 3. dishearten, put off | take away the enthusiasm of. |
| ~ discourage | deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged. |
| v. (emotion) | 4. confuse, disconcert, flurry, put off | cause to feel embarrassment.; "The constant attention of the young man confused her" |
| ~ befuddle, confound, bedevil, confuse, discombobulate, fox, fuddle, throw | be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly.; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher" |
| ~ fluster | cause to be nervous or upset. |
| ~ bother | make confused or perplexed or puzzled. |
| ~ distract, deflect | draw someone's attention away from something.; "The thief distracted the bystanders"; "He deflected his competitors" |
| ~ abash, embarrass | cause to be embarrassed; cause to feel self-conscious. |
| v. (communication) | 5. circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, evade, fudge, hedge, parry, put off, sidestep, skirt | avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing (duties, questions, or issues).; "He dodged the issue"; "she skirted the problem"; "They tend to evade their responsibilities"; "he evaded the questions skillfully" |
| ~ beg | dodge, avoid answering, or take for granted.; "beg the question"; "beg the point in the discussion" |
| ~ quibble | evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections. |
| ~ avoid | stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something.; "Her former friends now avoid her" |
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