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beledigen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • affront noun An action or remark that deliberately insults or offends someone.
  • burn noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
  • insult verb To say or do something rude or disrespectful to someone.
  • offend verb To hurt someone's feelings or upset them, often unintentionally.

Senses

beledigen is used for these senses in English:

  • affront (transitive) To insult intentionally, especially openly.
  • burn (transitive) To consume, damage, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does.
  • insult (transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]
  • offend (transitive) To hurt the feelings of; to displease; to make angry; to insult.

affront — full definition

  1. noun An action or remark that deliberately insults or offends someone.
  2. verb To insult or offend someone openly.

burn — full definition

  1. noun An injury to skin or tissue caused by heat, fire, chemicals, or radiation.
  2. noun A sharp, cutting insult, especially one delivered wittily.
  3. verb To be damaged, destroyed, or consumed by fire.
  4. verb To injure with heat, fire, or a caustic substance.
  5. verb To copy data onto a CD, DVD, or similar disc.

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