insult to injury
Adding more damage
Insult to injury appears in the phrase add insult to injury, meaning to make a bad situation worse by compounding it with something additionally offensive or damaging.
The injury is the original harm; the insult is what follows.
They fired him, then added insult to injury by escorting him out with security.
- offenseViolation or umbrage
- slap in the faceHumiliating rebuke or rejection
- misfortuneAdverse circumstance or event
- salt in the woundCompounding existing pain
- twist the knifeIntensify someone's anguish deliberately
humiliation · idiom · setback · exploitation · disrespect · injustice · cliché · worse · make matters worse · betrayal · unfairness · adversity · calamity · verbal assault · mockery · indignity · hardship · ridicule
insult to injurysilver lining
Consolation within misfortune
blessing in disguise · bright side · saving grace · every cloud has a silver lining · ray of hope
insult to injurycomfort
Ease or soothing relief
solace · consolation prize · soothing · healing touch · reassurance
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Comfort during distress
solace · remedy · helping hand · mitigation · alleviation
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