insultante

insulting; offensive

adjective een-sool-TAHN-teh Rare

Usage Note

Insultante is an invariable adjective in terms of gender (it ends in -e for both masculine and feminine) but agrees in number: un comentario insultante / unos comentarios insultantes. It is stronger than ofensivo and implies a direct personal affront. The related verb is insultar and the noun is insulto. In colloquial use it can be hyperbolic — es insultante lo barato que está ('it's outrageously cheap') — without implying a personal offence.

Examples

"Sus palabras fueron insultantes para todos."

Natural Translation

His words were insulting to everyone.

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