affront
[ uh-fruhnt ]
/ əˈfrʌnt /
noun
a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult: an affront to the king.
an offense to one's dignity or self-respect.
verb (used with object)
to offend by an open manifestation of disrespect or insolence: His speech affronted all of us.
to make ashamed or confused; embarrass.
Archaic. to front; face; look on.
Obsolete. to meet or encounter face to face; confront.
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affreightment, affricate, affrication, affricative, affright, affront, affrontive, afft., affusion, afg, afg.
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affront
/ (əˈfrʌnt) /
noun
a deliberate insult
verb (tr)
to insult, esp openly
to offend the pride or dignity of
obsolete to confront defiantly
Word Origin for affront
C14: from Old French afronter to strike in the face, from Vulgar Latin affrontāre (unattested), from the Latin phrase ad frontem to the face
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