Insult
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To offend someone by being rude, insensitive or insolent To demean or affront
Part of speech: noun
Definition: An action or form of speech deliberately intended to be rude. Anything that causes offence/offense by being of an unacceptable quality.
Example sentence: The clear problem of the outlawing of insult is that too many things can be interpreted as such. Criticism, ridicule, sarcasm, merely stating an alternative point of view to the orthodoxy, can be interpreted as insult.
Diss
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to put (someone) down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour
Part of speech: noun
Definition: an insult or put-down
Part of speech: abbreviation
Definition: for dissertation.