affront
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.
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.
Origin of affront
1synonym study For affront
Other words for affront
Other words from affront
- af·front·ed·ly, adverb
- af·front·ed·ness, noun
- af·front·er, noun
- af·front·ing·ly, adverb
- re·af·front, noun, verb (used with object)
- un·af·front·ed, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for affront
/ (əˈfrʌnt) /
a deliberate insult
to insult, esp openly
to offend the pride or dignity of
obsolete to confront defiantly
Origin of affront
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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