insulting

Etymology

adj

  1. Containing insult, or having the intention of insulting.
    He received an insulting letter.

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of insult

noun

  1. The act of giving insult.
    Many were the outragings and insultings of the Indians upon the English while Sir Edmund Andros was Governor. 1689, Thomas Smith, diary

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