A stroke was not "a mind going" but a direct physical insult to the brain, with resulting cognitive problems.

We would consider that a direct insult to Go.

David took it as a personal and direct insult.

You people are polite to the point of it becoming worse than any direct insult.

Casey could not see what there was to grin about, and he took it as a direct insult to himself.

Was it not a direct insult, an attempt to humiliate me?

Why did men always think that silence from a woman was a direct insult or possible threat to them?

Soldiers lined the quay, weapons held in a way that stopped just short of being a direct insult.

Most of these marriages offended Warwick in some way, and at least one was a direct insult to his family.

Breaking the promise was a direct insult to President Clinton.