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Is insult a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word insult is a Scrabble US word. The word insult is worth 6 points in Scrabble:

I1N1S1U1L1T1

Is insult a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word insult is a Scrabble UK word and has 6 points:

I1N1S1U1L1T1

Is insult a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word insult is a Words With Friends word. The word insult is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

I1N2S1U2L2T1

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6-letter words (2 found)

INSULT,SUNLIT,

5-letter words (9 found)

INUST,LINTS,LUNTS,SLUIT,SUINT,TULSI,UNITS,UNLIT,UNTIL,

4-letter words (26 found)

LINS,LINT,LIST,LITS,LITU,LUIT,LUNS,LUNT,LUST,NILS,NITS,NUTS,SILT,SLIT,SLUT,SNIT,STUN,SUIT,SUNI,TILS,TINS,TUIS,TUNS,UNIS,UNIT,UTIS,

3-letter words (23 found)

INS,ITS,LIN,LIS,LIT,LUN,NIL,NIS,NIT,NUS,NUT,SIN,SIT,SUI,SUN,TIL,TIN,TIS,TUI,TUN,UNI,UNS,UTS,

2-letter words (11 found)

IN,IS,IT,LI,NU,SI,ST,TI,UN,US,UT,

You can make 71 words from insult according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of insult

insult

Etymology

The verb is derived from Middle French insulter (modern French insulter (“to insult”)) or its etymon Latin īnsultāre, present active infinitive of īnsultō (“to spring, leap or jump at or upon; to abuse, insult, revile, taunt”), the frequentative form of īnsiliō (“to bound; to leap in or upon”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + saliō (“to bound, jump, leap; to spring forth; to flow down”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sel- (“to spring”)).

The noun is derived from Middle French insult (modern French insulte (“insult”)) or its etymon Late Latin insultus (“insult, reviling, scoffing”), from īnsiliō (“to bound; to leap in or upon”); see above.

Pronunciation

  • Verb:
    • (Received Pronunciation, General American) enPR: ĭnsŭltʹ, IPA(key): /ɪnˈsʌlt/
  • Noun:
    • enPR: ĭnʹsŭlt, IPA(key): /ˈɪnsʌlt/
  • Rhymes: -ʌlt
  • Hyphenation: in‧sult

Verb

insult (third-person singular simple present insults, present participle insulting, simple past and past participle insulted)

  1. (transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]
    Synonyms: disrespect, affront, disgrace, slander, discourtesy, offense
    Antonym: compliment
  2. (transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To assail, assault, or attack; (specifically, military) to carry out an assault, attack, or onset without preparation.
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (against or over someone). [16th–19th c.]
  4. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To leap or trample upon.

Derived terms

  • complisult

Related terms

  • insolence
  • insultation

Translations

Noun

insult (countable and uncountable, plural insults)

  1. (uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.
    Synonyms: affront, (slang) diss, (obsolete) insultation, (Britain) offence, (US) offense, pejorative, (US, colloquial) slam, slight, slur; see also Thesaurus:offense
    Antonym: compliment
  2. (countable) Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality).
    Synonyms: disgrace, outrage
  3. (countable, uncountable, medicine) Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused.
  4. (countable, also figuratively, archaic) An assault or attack; (specifically, military, obsolete) an assault, attack, or onset carried out without preparation.
  5. (countable, obsolete) An act of leaping upon.

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References

Further reading

  • insult on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • insult (medical) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • insult (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • sunlit, unlist, unslit

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [inˈsul]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencian) [inˈsult]

Noun

insult m (plural insults)

  1. insult

Related terms

  • insultar

Further reading

  • “insult” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [inˈsult]

Verb

insult

  1. first-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of insulta

Source: wiktionary.org