It adds terrible insult to tragic injury for the victims themselves, who may understandably feel that a crime's effects on their lives are being ignored.

"It's a terrible insult to all female canines, which are, on the whole, rather nice creatures."

George misunderstands, only hearing the terrible insult to a Muslim: being called a pig.

However that might be taken as a terrible insult.

It was a terrible insult, to both of us.

You know it's a terrible insult to call someone a flathead, and even worse to say someone's mother is one.

Then to walk past him on the street and pretend that she didn't know him was a terrible insult.

For one thing, hitting was a terrible insult to the one you loved.

The term was a terrible insult, the equivalent of calling someone a eunuch.

That would be a terrible insult to Lord Toranaga, to her, to everyone!