But his spirit was roused at last; the cruel insult to his dead mother had set his blood on fire.

The term "Pureblood" is used as a cruel insult for children born of two asari.

Feelings never come in the shape of cruel insults or comments.

In this case, Mr. Bingham, there are circumstances which make it--a cruel insult!

For them Zionism is an abomination, the occupation a cruel insult, America the Great Satan and murder, even of civilians, a road to paradise.

Helena continues to make advances towards Demetrius, promising to love him more than Hermia, but he rebuffs her with cruel insults.

However, he rebuffs her with cruel insults against her.

To some of his friends it was a cruel insult, a mistake set in stone.

As Kelly's tale meanders along, the narrator mulls over his response, until a chance jag of memory brings back a casual, stunningly cruel racial insult suffered years earlier at the hands of a schoolmate.

It was a cruel insult that went home with all the more force because it emphasised the triumph of the patronising, self-satisfied Laurence.