It's . . . it's a profound insult.

"And in ascertaining as much, this investigation would only require offering a profound insult to the Emperor's brother, who may determine our success or failure in Peking," Hammond said.

They would have spent the intervening months on fire to answer the profound insult.

In Islam, apostasy is called "ridda" ("turning back") and is considered to be a profound insult to God.

That is, by any standards, a profound insult to the housing association movement, which is supported by people of all political persuasions.

He guessed this was because neither had he encountered such a profound insult before.

But a second-city syndrome lurks just beneath the surface and can emerge quickly, particularly when smug San Franciscans reserve for San Jose their profoundest insult: that it reminds them of Los Angeles.

It was a profound insult to Rufo's intelligence.

It was also felt that the positivistic notion that offenders were not rational and responsible agents, and that they should be reprogrammed until they conform to society, was a profound insult to human dignity.