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The noun 'insult' can function as the subject of a sentence or a clause, and as the object of a verb or a preposition.

The pronoun that takes the place of the noun 'insult' is it.

Example uses:

The insult didn't seem to phase him. (subject of the sentence)

You can't predict the response that an insult will produce. (subject of the relative clause)

Habitual drinking caused an insult to his liver. (direct object of the verb 'caused')

You don't have to respond to an insult. (object of the preposition 'to')

The insult was lame. It made me laugh. (the pronoun 'it' takes the place of the noun 'insult' in the second sentence)

The word 'insult' is also a verb: insult, insults, insulting, insulted.

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