[
  {
    "word": "insult",
    "phonetic": "/\u026an\u02c8s\u028clt/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/\u026an\u02c8s\u028clt/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/\u026an\u02c8s\u028clt/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/insult-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1780178",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "Action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude; a particular act or statement having this effect.",
            "synonyms": [
              "affront",
              "diss",
              "insultation",
              "offence",
              "offense",
              "pejorative",
              "slam",
              "slight",
              "slur"
            ],
            "antonyms": [
              "compliment"
            ]
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something that causes offence (for example, by being of an unacceptable quality).",
            "synonyms": [
              "disgrace",
              "outrage"
            ],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The way the orchestra performed tonight was an insult to my ears."
          },
          {
            "definition": "Something causing disease or injury to the body or bodily processes; the injury so caused.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An assault or attack; (specifically) an assault, attack, or onset carried out without preparation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An act of leaping upon.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "affront",
          "diss",
          "insultation",
          "offence",
          "offense",
          "pejorative",
          "slam",
          "slight",
          "slur",
          "disgrace",
          "outrage"
        ],
        "antonyms": [
          "compliment"
        ]
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To be insensitive, insolent, or rude to (somebody); to affront or demean (someone).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [
              "compliment"
            ]
          },
          {
            "definition": "To assail, assault, or attack; (specifically) to carry out an assault, attack, or onset without preparation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To behave in an obnoxious and superior manner (against or over someone).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To leap or trample upon.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": [
          "compliment"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/insult"
    ]
  }
]