Kerry Kennedy

When people say there is a 'reason' for the depression, they insult the person who suffers, making it seem that those in agony are somehow at fault for not 'cheering up.' The fact is that those who suffer - and those who love them - are no more at fault for depression than a cancer patient is for a tumor.

American Activist

Jim James

It's really important to be free and be open and honest about the things you want to do. Just 'cause you want to make a solo record or another record with another band, it doesn't have to be an insult or a slight to the band you've been with for a long time.

American Musician

Toni Morrison

The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book.

American Novelist

Jimmy O. Yang

I've heard other actors saying they don't want to play a character with an accent at all. To me, that's kind of an insult to somebody like me who did have an accent.

Chinese Actor

Naomi Osaka

I guess I tell jokes a lot, but I'm not really that sure because sometimes they don't laugh, and they just stare at me like I said something insulting.

Japanese Athlete

Jennifer Brady

Growing up a lot of people said I played like a guy. They thought it was an insult, but I was like, 'That's fine, I don't care.

American Athlete

Jessica Valenti

How insulting is it to suggest the best thing women can do is raise other people to do incredible things?

American Writer

Peyton Manning

The word 'embarrassing' is an insulting word, to tell you the truth.

Javed Jaffrey

I don't like to insult people and I encourage them.

Indian Actor

Ramzan Kadyrov

Personality cults are an insult to Islam.

Chechen Politician

Some words deemed insults in one culture may not be seen as such in another.

Cultural Sensitivity

The same phrase may or may not be an insult based on the speaker's tone.

Tone Matters

Insults can vary in severity depending on the context and relationship between people.

Contextual Intensity

Belittling someone's intelligence is a serious insult that can harm their self-esteem.

Insulting Intelligence

Insults can be hidden within compliments, often called backhanded compliments.

Backhanded Compliments

Be careful with sarcasm and humor; they can unintentionally insult if misunderstood.

Avoiding Misunderstandings

In medical contexts, 'insult' often refers to something causing physical or mental harm.

Technical Meaning

An 'insult' to the body can trigger a response, like inflammation or stress.

Bodily Response

Multiple insults over time can lead to long-term damage or disease.

Cumulative Harm

 I understand that really well from personal experience. But with the right help, we can understand these problems and we can fix these problems together. But to do that, the very first step is we have to stop insulting these signals by saying they're a sign of weakness, or madness or purely biological,

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 I thought my rightness justified my rudeness -- harsh tones, raised voices, insults, interruptions -- but that strategy is ultimately counterproductive. Dialing up the volume and the snark is natural in stressful situations, but it tends to bring the conversation to an unsatisfactory, explosive end.

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 if if I or other members of the council are going to be criticizing you or the department are you saying that you will will withhold support of these services to fight crime in our districts that is the most insulting thing I have heard on this council floor and all the time

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 he got an offer from a distribution company. He was excited, and he was inclined to accept the offer. But as a negotiations researcher, I insisted he make a counteroffer, and I helped him craft the perfect one. And it was perfect -- it was perfectly insulting.

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 right now without insulting the speaker yes I saw the horrified looks on your faces even through the glare of these spotlights so this is how so many introverts feel about the team-building exercises we are forever obliged to

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 are used for many different to set the mood of the scene, to give some more atmosphere to the setting, and to develop relationships between characters. Insults do this in a very short and sharp way.

Insults by Shakespeare

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Insult

A rude or disrespectful action or remark to someone.

Often appears as...

To say or do something impolite or disrespectful to someone.

Often appears as...

Injury or damage.

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Cultural Sensitivity

Tone Matters

Contextual Intensity

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