Insult and Return

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Insult noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.

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Return and insult are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Return" instead a noun "Insult".

Nearby Words: insulting, insulted, insultingly

Return noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

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Insult and return are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Insult" instead a noun "Return".

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

old	old insult	old return
good	good insult	good return
better	better insult	better return
original	original insult	original return
Other adjectives: many, true, single, real, great, serious, bad, bizarre, last, earlier.

man	insult man	return man
people	insult people	return people
someone	insult someone	return someone
time	insult time	return time
Other words: way, player, everyone, times.

Sure, she'll take any opportunity to insult him, but that doesn't mean she doesn't do everything she's told with style, and it doesn't mean Izaya can't return the favor, either.

Source: Servile Snarker
Nintendo's CEO was furious when he found the clause and thought it was a great insult, and decided to fight fire with fire by humiliating Sony in public in return.

Source: Start My Own
Our Ghosts Are Different: The menagerie of ghosts Tommy witnesses verbally lambaste him, insult him, tear him down, bring him up, and eventually, abandon him and set his apartment on fire, only to return once Tommy and his buddies set up the bar.

Source: Series / Rescue Me

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