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[ uh -fruhnt ] SHOW IPA
/ əˈfrʌnt / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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.
Origin of affront First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English afrounten, from Middle French af(f)ronter “to strike in the face,” from unattested Vulgar Latin affrontāre, derivative of Latin phrase ad frontem “at or toward the forehead” (as the seat of one's feelings or dignity). See ad-, front
SYNONYMS FOR affront 1 impertinence; contumely, scorn; indignity, abuse, outrage.
3 insult, slight, abuse.
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synonym study for affront 1 . See insult.
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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Words nearby affront affreightment, affricate, affrication, affricative, affright, affront , affrontive, afft., affusion, AFG, AFGE
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Example sentences from the Web for affront Historically, conservatives treated the minimum wage as an affront to free labor and a step on a slippery slope towards statism.
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The reality-based community might have a difficult time fending off these two fronts of affront .
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What had been shrugged off in, say, California, was greeted in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Ohio, and Michigan as an affront .
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Rape and sexual assault on college campuses are “an affront to our basic decency and humanity,” President Obama said yesterday.
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This affront to common sense and common decency is difficult to defend.
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He thought it an affront to his own person that that of his daughter should be so tranquilly regarded.
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To one like Danjou, spoiled with every kind of success, the affront was deadly.
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A crime and an outrage he called it, an affront to the industry and to the public.
Astounding Stories, August, 1931 | Various
Isabel had been a little in advance, and had not seen and heard the affront , but she was in thorough sympathy with her mother.
A Reconstructed Marriage | Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
They are the silent traytors that affront majesty, and abuse all authority, under the colour of an Imprimatur.
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British Dictionary definitions for affront 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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