loukata — meaning in English
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English meaning
- affront noun An action or remark that deliberately insults or offends someone.
- encroach verb To take hold of or claim something for oneself.
- hurt verb To cause physical pain or injury.
- injure verb To physically hurt a person or animal.
- insult verb To say or do something rude or disrespectful to someone.
- miff noun (informal) A minor disagreement or squabble.
- offend verb To hurt someone's feelings or upset them, often unintentionally.
- slur noun An offensive or insulting remark, especially one targeting a person's group identity.
- spite noun A petty desire to annoy, hurt, or upset someone.
- wound noun An injury where the skin is cut, pierced, or torn.
Senses
loukata is used for these senses in English:
- affront (transitive) To insult intentionally, especially openly.
- encroach (intransitive) To intrude unrightfully on someone else’s rights or territory.
- hurt (transitive, intransitive) To cause (a person or animal) physical pain and/or injury.
- hurt (transitive, intransitive) To cause (somebody) emotional pain.
- injure (transitive) To do injustice to.
- insult (transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]
- mess up (transitive) To damage; injure.
- miff (intransitive) To become slightly offended.
affront — full definition
- noun An action or remark that deliberately insults or offends someone.
- verb To insult or offend someone openly.
encroach — full definition
- verb To take hold of or claim something for oneself.
- verb To go further than you should into someone else's land or rights.
- verb To move forward little by little, past the point where it should stop.
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