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1. (n.) affront
a deliberate act or display of disrespect; insult.
2. (v.t.) affront
to offend by an open manifestation of disrespect or insolence.
3. affront
Archaic. to front on; face.
4. affront
Obs. to encounter; confront.
Etymology: (1300–50; ME afrounten < MF af(f)ronter to strike in the face)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) insult, affront
a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
"turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"
2. (verb) diss, insult, affront
treat, mention, or speak to rudely
"He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Affront
an encounter either friendly or hostile
2. (noun) Affront
contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult
3. (noun) Affront
an offense to one's self-respect; shame
4. (verb) Affront
to front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face
5. (verb) Affront
to face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter
6. (verb) Affront
to offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility
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Sense: an insult, usually one made in public
His remarks were obviously intended as an affront to her.
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 Afrikaans: belediging |
 Arabic: إهَانَة عَلَنِيَّه |
 Bulgarian: обида |
 Brazilian: insulto |
 Czech: veřejná urážka |
 German: die Beleidigung |
 Danish: fornærmelse |
 Greek: (δημόσια) προσβολή |
 Spanish: afrenta |
 Estonian: solvang |
 Farsi: توهین |
 Finnish: loukkaus |
 French: affront |
 Hebrew: עֶלְבּוֹן, פְּגִיעָה |
 Hindi: अपमान |
 Croatian: uvreda |
 Hungarian: sérelem |
 Indonesian: penghinaan |
 Icelandic: móðgun |
 Italian: affronto |
 Japanese: 侮辱 |
 Korean: 모욕 |
 Lithuanian: (viešas) įžeidimas |
 Latvian: (publisks) apvainojums |
 Malay: penghinaan |
 Dutch: belediging |
 Norwegian: fornærmelse |
 Polish: zniewaga |
 Persian: توهین |
 Pashto: توهین ، ذلت |
 Portuguese: insulto |
 Romanian: afront |
 Russian: (публичное) оскорбление |
 Slovak: urážka |
 Slovenian: žalitev |
 Serbian: uvreda |
 Swedish: skymf, förolämpning |
 Thai: คำปรามาส |
 Turkish: hakaret |
 Taiwanese: 當眾侮辱 |
 Ukrainian: образа, ганьба |
 Urdu: ذلت ، بے عزتی |
 Vietnamese: sự lăng mạ |
 Chinese: 当众侮辱 |
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