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侮辱 — meaning in English

bujoku

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English meaning

  • abuse noun Cruel or violent treatment of a person, often repeated.
  • denigrate verb To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
  • insult verb To say or do something rude or disrespectful to someone.
  • offensive adj Causing anger, disgust, or hurt feelings.
  • pejorative adj Disparaging, belittling or derogatory.
  • shame noun A painful feeling of embarrassment or guilt caused by awareness of having done something wrong or improper.

Senses

侮辱 is used for these senses in English:

  • abuse Coarse, insulting speech; abusive language; language that unjustly or angrily vilifies. [from mid-16th c.]
  • abuse (transitive) To put to a wrong use; to misapply; to use improperly; to use for a wrong purpose or end; to pervert [from around 1350 to 1470.]
  • abuse (transitive) To attack with coarse language; to insult; to revile; malign; to speak in an offensive manner to or about someone; to disparage. [from early 17th c.]
  • denigrate (transitive) To criticise so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
  • insult (uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.
  • insult (transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]
  • offensive Causing offense; arousing a visceral reaction of disgust, anger, hatred, sadness, or indignation.
  • pejorative A disparaging, belittling, or derogatory word or expression.

abuse — full definition

  1. noun Cruel or violent treatment of a person, often repeated.
  2. noun The wrong or harmful use of something, such as power, drugs, or a position of trust.
  3. verb To treat someone cruelly or violently.
  4. verb To use something improperly or excessively, especially drugs or alcohol.

denigrate — full definition

  1. verb To criticize so as to besmirch; traduce, disparage or defame.
  2. verb To treat as worthless; belittle, degrade or disparage.

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