Subject: Re: "Tariffs Are A Big Tax Increase..."

You want to randomly insult other people but don't like it when they push back.

You called yourself a big dog, I said you weren't a big dog, and that's an insult? You don't get to redefine the word insult in an attempt to justify future or past bad behavior. Capiche? If you don't like that, that's tough - I am just being frank with you.

in·sult verb

speak to or treat with disrespect or scornful abuse.
"you're insulting the woman I love"

Similar:

affront
abuse
be rude to
call someone names
slight
disparage
discredit
libel
slander
malign
defame
denigrate
cast aspersions on
impugn
slur
revile
calumniate
hurt
hurt someone's feelings
mortify
humiliate
wound
snub
rebuff
spurn
shun
treat disrespectfully
ignore
cut dead
give someone the cold-shoulder
turn one's back on
bad-mouth
slag off
trash-talk
sledge
asperse
derogate
miscall
abusive
rude
vulgar
offensive
wounding
mortifying
humiliating
disparaging
belittling
derogatory
depreciating
deprecatory
disrespectful
denigratory
uncomplimentary
pejorative
vituperative
disdainful
derisive
scornful
contemptuous
defamatory
slanderous
libelous
scurrilous
blasphemous
discrediting
bitchy
catty
contumelious
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Opposite:
compliment
flatter
complimentary
polite

noun
noun: insult; plural noun: insults
/ˈinˌsəlt/

1.
a disrespectful or scornfully abusive remark or action.