affront

[Af*front·]

An affront is an action that causes offense. If someone blows smoke in your face after you've asked him to put out his cigarette, you would consider it an affront.

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To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.

Noun
a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"

Verb
treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"

v. t.
To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.

v. t.
To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.

v. t.
To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.

n.
An encounter either friendly or hostile.

n.
Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.

n.
An offense to one's self-respect; shame.

Affront

Af*front" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affronted; p. pr. & vb. n. Affronting.] [OF. afronter, F. affronter, to confront, LL. affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad + frons forehead, front. See Front.] 1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. [Obs.]

All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant.

That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront Ophelia.

2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [Archaic] 3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.

How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius?

Syn. -- TO insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight; defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle.

Affront

Af*front", n. [Cf. F. affront, fr. affronter.] 1. An encounter either friendly or hostile. [Obs.]

I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded On hostile ground, none daring my affront.

2. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.

Offering an affront to our understanding.

3. An offense to one's self-respect; shame. Arbuthnot. Syn. -- Affront, Insult, Outrage. An affront is a designed mark of disrespect, usually in the presence of others. An insult is a personal attack either by words or actions, designed to humiliate or degrade. An outrage is an act of extreme and violent insult or abuse. An affront piques and mortifies; an insult irritates and provokes; an outrage wounds and injures.

Captious persons construe every innocent freedom into an affront. When people are in a state of animosity, they seek opportunities of offering each other insults. Intoxication or violent passion impels men to the commission of outrages.

To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.

An encounter either friendly or hostile.

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Usage Examples

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.

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Other Usage Examples

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would affront your intelligence.