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Synonyms
in·sult (ĭn-sŭlt́)

[French insulter, from Old French, to assault, from Latin īnsultāre, to leap at, insult frequentative of īnsilīre, to leap upon, in-, on; see in–2, + salīre, to leap.]

verb: -sult·ed, -sult·ing, -sults. 

transitive verb 

    1. To treat with gross insensitivity, insolence, or contemptuous rudeness. See synonyms at offend
    2. To affront or demean: an absurd speech that insulted the intelligence of the audience.
  2. Obsolete To make an attack on.

intransitive verb 

Archaic
  1. To behave arrogantly.
  2. To give offense; offend: a speech that was intended to insult.

noun 

  1. An offensive action or remark.
    1. Medicine A bodily injury, irritation, or trauma.
    2. Something that causes bodily injury, irritation, or trauma: “the middle of the Bronx, buffeted and poisoned by the worst environmental insults that urban America can dish out” (William K. Stevens)

derivatives

in·sult́er
noun
in·sult́ing·ly
adverb