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How to pronounce “insult”

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Pronunciation guide for insult

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of insult with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Boniface Mwangi: The day I stood up alone 7 minutes, 25 secondsBeing a coward was not an insult.
Definition summary: (transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]

Example 1 of 8

Boniface Mwangi: The day I stood up alone 7 minutes, 25 seconds

Being a coward was not an insult.

[Verb]
(transitive) To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone). [from 17th c.]
(transitive, also figuratively, obsolete) To assail, assault, or attack; (specifically, military) to carry out an assault, attack, or onset without preparation.
(intransitive, obsolete) To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (against or over someone). [16th–19th c.]
(intransitive, obsolete, rare) To leap or trample upon.
[Noun]
(uncountable) Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; (countable) a particular act or statement having this effect.
(countable) Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality).
(countable, uncountable, medicine) Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused.
(countable, also figuratively, archaic) An assault or attack; (specifically, military, obsolete) an assault, attack, or onset carried out without preparation.
(countable, obsolete) An act of leaping upon.

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