INSULT/ EMBARRASS/ HUMILIATE/ RIDICULE/ OFFEND/ HARASS/ TEASE

An insult is something negative that somebody says or does to you that would make you feel offended or
degraded. To have an insult, you must have somebody doing the insulting and somebody to be insulted.
Embarrassed is when you feel uncomfortable around other people. Say your pants rip or you spill sauce on
your shirt. You would feel embarrassed to be seen by other people.
Humiliation is to feel embarrassed to the point of feeling ashamed. It is embarrassment to a greater degree.
A person caught for stealing money from the company he works for would feel humiliation if the police arrest
him in front of his neighbors.
You might be able to laugh about an incident that made you feel embarrassed, but not one that made you feel

humiliated.

insult insult VERB…to say or do something offensive…She has no right to insult us like that….You'll
insult the chef if you don't at least taste the meal

add insult to injury…to make a bad situation even worse, especially by treating someone very badly…To

add insult to injury, after cancelling our flight, they asked us to pay extra!

 insult someone's intelligence …to treat someone as if they are stupid…Don't insult my intelligence

by making ridiculous excuses

INSULT(COUNTABLE NOUN)…an offensive remark…throw/hurl insults at someone: He stormed off the pitch,
hurling insults at the umpire….something that seems to show a lack of respect for someone or something…..be an
insult to: Such low wages are an insult to hard-working employees…..This exam is an insult to students' intelligence

Humiliate(V)…to make someone feel very embarrassed and ashamed…She enjoyed humiliating me in front
of the other students. Humiliating(adj.) … making you feel very embarrassed and ashamed...a
humiliating mistake

Humiliation(N)… UNCOUNTABLE] the unhappy and ashamed feeling that you get when something
embarrassing happens…I doubt he would risk further public humiliation….[COUNTABLE] something that makes you feel

very embarrassed and ashamed…the humiliation of being asked to leave

Embarrass (verb)..to make someone feel nervous, ashamed, or stupid in a social situation..It embarrassed
me to have to give my opinion in public…to cause problems for someone, especially an organization or politicianThe

protest may have been timed to embarrass the President.

embarrassing (adjective)…making you feel nervous, ashamed, or stupidThe situation was most

embarrassing.I wish he wouldn't ask such embarrassing questions EMBARASSMENT NOUN

singular embarrassment
plural embarrassments
[UNCOUNTABLE] a feeling of being nervous or ashamed because of what people know or think about you…I felt my face
burning with embarrassment…..a[COUNTABLE] someone or something that makes you feel ashamed…
embarrassment to: He is such an embarrassment to his family..[COUNTABLE] someone or something that causes
problems for an organization or politician…embarrassment to: The court case was a huge embarrassment to the
company

EMBARASSED ashamed of something and worried about what other people will think of you…I've never felt so
embarrassed in my entire life….embarrassed by: …Laura did not like to admit that she was embarrassed by her

sister.embarrassed about: He was embarrassed about the nature of his illness…too embarrassed to do

something: They were too embarrassed to ask someone to help.

tease to say something to someone in order to have fun by embarrassing or annoying them slightly in either a friendly
or an unkind way…I didn't mean it: I was only teasing….tease someone about someone/something: John's always teasing me
about my accent.to annoy an animal in order to have fun

Ridicule….to try to make someone or something seem silly by making fun of them in an unkind wayOliver felt

he was being ridic uled by the students…ridiculous (adj.

silly or unreasonable and deserving to be laughed at…a ridiculous idea….'There's something you're not telling me.'

'Don't be ridiculous!'…..She looks absolutely ridiculous in that hat…..it is ridiculous to do something: It's ridiculous

to even think about going out in this storm..it is ridiculous that: It's ridiculous that nobody's doing anything to stop it.

HARASS : to keep annoying or upsetting someone, for example by criticizing them, attacking them, or treating them in a way
that is offensive to them

1. offend to make someone upset and angry by doing or saying something…They avoided saying anything

that might offend their audience…..The chairman did not seem offended by the criticism.

2. ] to commit a crime…Over half the prisoners released had offended again within a year.