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Definition of Affront
1. Noun. A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect. "Turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"
Generic synonyms: Discourtesy, Offence, Offense, Offensive Activity
Specialized synonyms: Indignity, Outrage, Scandalisation, Scandalization
Derivative terms: Insult
2. Verb. Treat, mention, or speak to rudely. "The performance is likely to affront Sue"; "The student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"
Generic synonyms: Bruise, Hurt, Injure, Offend, Spite, Wound
Derivative terms: Insult, Insult
Definition of Affront
1. v. t. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
2. n. An encounter either friendly or hostile.
Definition of Affront
1. Verb. To insult intentionally, especially openly. ¹
2. Verb. To meet defiantly; to confront. ¹
3. Verb. (obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face. ¹
4. Noun. An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult. ¹
5. Noun. (obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Affront
1. to insult openly [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Affront
Literary usage of Affront
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Critical and Exegetical Commentary on the Book of Proverbs by Crawford Howell Toy (1899)
"The motive indicated is not love or consideration for the author of the affront,
but regard for one's own interests, or for the general well-being. ..."
2. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Take my advice . . . and POCKET the affront. 17149. ... Like the bold blust'ring
Dickey Hunt, He POCKETED THE whole affront. 1869. Gent. Mag., July, 195. ..."
3. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"The mortals, the Phaeacians, have already put an affront upon Lim. If he tamely
submits to it and allows them to go unpunished, then — and in that case only ..."
4. The History of the Rebellion and Civil Wars in England. by Edward Hyde Clarendon (1807)
"affront (an indignity all his good ... affront and injury to " him, as by the
law was provided ; and, ..."
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