Insult meaning : Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; a particular act or statement having this effect. Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality). Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused. An assault or attack; (specifically) an assault, attack, or onset carried out without preparation. An act of leaping upon. To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). To assail, assault, or attack; (specifically) to carry out an assault, attack, or onset without preparation. To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (against or over someone). To leap or trample upon.