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insult
(redirected from adds insult to injury)

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insult noun abuse, affront, aspersion, atrocity, defamation, defilement, derision, diatribe, disparagement, enormity, impertinence, incivility, indignity, insolence, mockery, offense, offensive remark, open disrespect, provocation, rebuff, revilement, ridicule, rudeness, slap in the face, slight, snub, uncomplimentary remarks, vulgarity
insult verb affront, be rude to, denigrate, deride, disparage, display insolence toward, disregard, flout, hector, hold in derision, humiliate, jeer, mock, offend, pique, provoke, raise one's dander, rebuff, ridicule, treat with contemptuousness, treat with discourresy, treat with indignity
See also: affront, aspersion, bait, contumely, defamation, defilement, denigrate, diatribe, disoblige, disparage, disregard, disrespect, flout, harass, hector, humiliate, jeer, mock, pique, provocation, provoke, rebuff, revilement


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And yesterday the Lib Dems' Don Foster said of the idea for the jobs show: "It adds insult to injury that they are using such a controversial figure and is further evidence of their lack of judgment.
In their report, they came to the conclusion that the bonuses are "a gesture of goodwill that adds insult to injury for long-suffering passengers".
 
 
 
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