English-Danish translations for insult

• fornærmelse
  Det er en fornærmelse mod skatteyderne. This is an insult to taxpayers.
  Dette er en fornærmelse mod vores vindyrkere. This is an insult to our wine growers.
  Det er efter min mening en fornærmelse mod vores landbrugere. In my view, this is an insult to our farmers.

Definition of insult

• To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to ; to affront#Verb|affront or demean .
• To assail, assault#Verb|assault, or attack#Verb|attack; to carry out an assault#Noun|assault, attack#Noun|attack, or onset without preparation
• To behave in an obnoxious and superior#Adjective|superior manner .
• To leap#Verb|leap or trample upon
• Action or form#Noun|form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; a particular act#Noun|act or statement having this effect#Noun|effect
• Something that cause#Verb|causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality#Noun|quality
• Something causing disease#Noun|disease or injury to the body or bodily process#Noun|processes; the injury so caused
• An assault#Noun|assault or attack#Noun|attack; an assault, attack, or onset carried out without preparation
• An act of leap#Verb|leaping upon

Examples

• The way the orchestra performed tonight was an insult to my ears

Related words

• insulting
• insultingly
• insulted
• insulter
• insultable
• herjata) insult
• add insult to injury
• verbal insult
• public insult