insult

Noun

• a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
  • turning his back on me was a deliberate insult
    

• a rude expression intended to offend or hurt
  • when a student made a stupid mistake he spared them no abuse
    
  • they yelled insults at the visiting team
    

Verb

• treat, mention, or speak to rudely
  • He insulted her with his rude remarks
    
  • the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  affront , abuse , revilement , contumely , vilification , diss