insulting
v.v. rude or disrespectful in a way that is meant to hurt someone's feelings.
v. expressing or containing a lack of respect; intended to cause offense or wound the pride of another.
He made an insulting comment about her work.
The customer was asked to leave the store after using insulting language toward the staff.
While the critique was intended to be constructive, the harshness of the delivery felt deeply insulting to the young artist who had spent months on the project.
Typically used as an attributive adjective before a noun or as a predicative adjective after a linking verb.
He was very insulted to meHe was very insulting to meLearners confuse the active adjective 'insulting' (causing offense) with the passive participle 'insulted' (feeling offended).