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What does "insult" in this context mean?
For example
They are talking about marriage life. His friend has a perfect marriage life, so he said that :
"Because I'm not living up to your version of my full potential.That would be creepy if it wasn't insulting."
What does "insult" in this context mean?
Thank you
2020年7月9日 11:11
回答 · 4
1
First of all, please note that you wrote "marriage life" in your post but you have actually mixed together two phrasings, as you can see below:
- marriage life
+ married life
+ marriage
As for the meaning of insult, the vocabulary itself can be used as both a verb and noun.
Both in general and in this sentence, it means to say something that 'hurts' someone's feelings or pride.
2020年7月9日
1
Insult is a rude expression intended to offend or hurt. The man was offended (insulted) by the opinion of his life.
2020年7月9日
I think the speaker (Person A) means, that he feels disrespected by his friend (Person B), because Person B is comparing his life to Person A. Just because A doesn't have a "so called" perfect life, doesn't mean that he's a bad person or unhappy.
I hope that helps!
2020年7月9日
I accidentally wrote my answer as a reply, so have edited this message.
Please see my answer below.
2020年7月9日
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