How To Pronounce Insult

The stress in insult moves depending on how the word is used.

Noun. It is /ˈɪn.sʌlt/ in British English and /ˈɪn.sʌlt/ in American English with the main stress on the first syllable, as in “an insult”.

Verb. It is /ɪnˈsʌlt/ in British English and /ɪnˈsʌlt/ in American English with the main stress on the second syllable, as in “to insult”.

Slashes / / show the phonemic transcription, the sounds that change meaning. Square brackets [ ] show the phonetic transcription, with the finer detail of how the sounds are actually made.