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Synonyms and antonyms of To insult or offend someone in American Thesaurus

To insult or offend someone

insult (verb)

to say or do something offensive

offend (verb)

to make someone upset and angry by doing or saying something

wound (verb)

to hurt someone’s feelings by doing or saying something unpleasant

shock (verb)

to make someone feel embarrassed or offended by saying or doing something offensive or immoral

snub (verb)

to insult someone by ignoring them or being rude to them

speak/talk out of turn ()

to say something that you should not say because you have no right to say it or because it upsets someone

step on someone’s toes ()

to offend someone by doing something that they should be responsible for or that they have the authority to do

trade blows/insults ()

if people trade blows or insults, they hit or insult each other

affront (verb)

to insult someone or to make them shocked and angry

appal ()

the British spelling of appall

appall (verb)

to shock or offend someone very much

cock a snook at (British)

Britishmainly journalism to deliberately do something that insults someone or that shows a lack of respect for someone or something

cut someone dead ()

to pretend not to see or recognize someone that you know, or to refuse to talk to them

fling (verb)

to say something to someone that is intended to hurt them

give someone a mouthful ()

to speak to someone in a rude way

jibe (verb)

to say something that is intended to annoy or offend someone

pique (verb)

to offend someone slightly

slight (verb)

to be rude to someone by ignoring them or by not showing them respect

spit at ()

to force saliva out of your mouth in the direction of someone else as an insult

stick your tongue out (at someone) ()

to move your tongue quickly out of your mouth as an insult

take liberties with ()

to do more than you have been given permission to do in a way that offends someone

tell someone where to go ()

to say very rudely to someone that you are not interested in them or in what they are suggesting