meaning of affront
1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.
3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.
4. An encounter either friendly or hostile.
5. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.
6. An offense to ones self-respect; shame.
7. a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront; "turning his back on me was a deliberate
">insult"
Related Words
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