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AFFRONT
insult, affront
(noun) a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; “turning his back on me was a deliberate insult”
diss, insult, affront
(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”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
affront (third-person singular simple present affronts, present participle affronting, simple past and past participle affronted)
To insult intentionally, especially openly.
To meet defiantly; to confront.
(obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face.
Synonyms
• See also offend
Noun
affront (plural affronts)
An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
(obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.
Synonyms
• See also offense
Source: Wiktionary
Af*front", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affronted; p. pr. & vb. n. Affronting.] Etym: [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. Holland. That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront Ophelia. Shak.
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 Addison.
Syn.
– TO insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight; defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle.
Af*front", n. Etym: [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. Milton.
2. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult. Offering an affront to our understanding. Addison.
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. Crabb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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