侮辱|ぶじょくbujoku[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbinsult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
   上司じょうしを侮辱ぶじょくするような危険きけんをおかすな。↗

   Don't risk insulting your boss.

• Synonym侮慢ぶまんWrittenWritten word for contemptuous, disrespectful treatment of someone; rare in modern Japanese.
• Synonym嘲罵ちょうばWrittenWritten word for mocking and reviling someone; rare in modern Japanese.
• Synonym陵辱りょうじょくWrittenWritten word for outrage and degradation, also sexual assault; far more severe than an ordinary insult.
• Synonym辱めはずかしめNeutralNeutral noun for the shame of being humiliated, as in 「辱めを受ける」; it stresses the disgrace suffered rather than the act of insulting.
• Synonym汚辱おじょくWrittenWritten word for disgrace and defilement; rare in modern Japanese.
• Synonym侮言ぶげんWrittenWritten word for insulting words uttered in contempt; rare in modern Japanese.
• Synonym冷罵れいばWrittenWritten word for cold, sneering abuse; rare in modern Japanese.
• Synonym罵言ばげんWrittenWritten word for abusive, insulting language; rare in modern Japanese.
• Synonym罵詈ばりWrittenWritten word for reviling someone; mostly seen in the set phrase 「罵詈雑言」.
• Synonym罵りののしりNeutralNeutral noun for swearing and cursing; leans toward loud, outright abuse rather than an insult to someone's honor.
• Related恥辱ちじょくWrittenWritten word for disgrace and shame, as in 「恥辱を受ける」; it stresses the humiliation one feels rather than the insult given.
• Related軽視けいしNeutralNeutral word for making light of something, as in 「安全を軽視する」; it is an attitude of undervaluing, not a face-to-face insult.
• Related蔑視べっしWrittenWritten word for contempt and disdain, as in 「女性蔑視」; it leans toward discrimination and treating people as inferior.
• Related軽蔑けいべつNeutralNeutral word for despising someone, as in 「軽蔑の目」; it stresses the inner feeling of looking down on them, not the outward insult.
• Related侮蔑ぶべつWrittenWritten word for scornful contempt, as in 「侮蔑的な態度」; it stresses contempt expressed outwardly in attitude or wording.
• Related侮りあなどりNeutralNeutral noun for looking down on or underestimating someone, as in 「侮りを受ける」; it stresses underrating the other person, while 「侮辱」 stresses humiliating them.
• Related軽侮けいぶWrittenWritten word for scorn and looking down on someone; stresses the inner attitude rather than the act of insulting.
• Related嘲りあざけりNeutralNeutral noun for ridicule and mockery, as in 「嘲りの言葉」; it centers on jeering at someone rather than insulting their honor.
• Related痛罵つうばWrittenWritten word for berating someone fiercely; leans toward scathing criticism rather than an insult to one's honor.
• Related罵詈讒謗ばりざんぼうWrittenFormal four-character idiom for heaping abuse and slander on someone; extremely strong in degree.
• Related嗤笑ししょうWrittenWritten word for sneering, scornful laughter; rare in modern Japanese.
• RelatedそしりWrittenWritten word for censure and disparagement, as in 「軽率の謗りを免れない」; it stresses the blame one incurs rather than an insult.
• Related蔑みさげすみNeutralNeutral noun for contempt and disdain, as in 「蔑みの目」; it centers on the look or manner shown, not the act of insulting.
• Antonym尊敬そんけいNeutralNeutral antonym: respect and esteem for someone; the direct opposite of insulting them.
• Antonym賞賛しょうさんWrittenAntonym: praise and commendation, leaning toward written usage; the opposite of the derogatory 「侮辱」.

Use 「侮辱」 for humiliating someone or damaging their honor — face to face, in private, or in writing, as in 「侮辱罪」「侮辱を受ける」. For looking down on someone in your mind, say 「軽蔑」; for mockery, 「嘲り」; for verbal abuse, 「罵り」. The opposites are 「尊敬」 and 「賞賛」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. あざけって相手あいての名誉めいよを棄損きそんすること。辱はずかしめること。
2. あざけって相手あいての名誉めいよを棄損きそんする