Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with insulting in American Collocation
very
deeply
downright
extremely
highly
They found her behaviour deeply insulting.
rather
mildly
pretty
rather
slightly
vaguely
Praising a book as a ‘quick read’ seems to me to be mildly insulting.
behaviour
comments
language
remarks
words
He admitted abusive and insulting behaviour towards staff.
abusive
aggressive
offensive
rude
threatening
Material which contains abusive or insulting language will be banned.