"direct insult" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It is typically used to describe an insult that is stated or communicated in a clear and obvious manner, rather than being implied or subtle. Example: During the argument, the two friends exchanged direct insults, each trying to hurt the other's feelings.
It is a conscious and direct insult to every American who has served and sacrificed for their country.
This implies magic and superstition and is thus a very direct insult to the religion of Islam.
The last time Wilson saw him, he was wearing earplugs; he had to wear them, he told her, because every word he heard felt like a direct insult.
Jimmy Carter US president, 1977-81 "Rushdie's book is a direct insult to those millions of Moslems whose sacred beliefs have been violated..
A businessman complained in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, "Your use of the term 'refugee' is incorrect and is a direct insult to the people who have suffered".
"I really thought that was really a direct insult to the president," said Representative Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, the ranking Democrat on the committee.
Meanwhile, Trudeau can appreciate that Trump has been afflicted enough by "Doonesbury" over several decades to fire off some direct insults.
"It is hard to debate with people who orchestrate a campaign that includes direct insults and wishing that I was dead," wrote in his blog.
In the past two seasons, critics have dished up our share of Wynton compliments, as well as a few direct insults, calling the show slow, or preachy, or a little too in love with the city it portrays.
"That's the cistern that supplies water to the entire neighborhood!" That whole maneuver, which had lasted a good amount of time, caught the attention of the people that lived in the houses around the rooftop, and some women started to direct insults at me. "Pig!" they called out.
On The Chronic, he included both subtle and direct insults at Ruthless and its owner, former N.W.A-member Eazy-E.
