affront
[noun]
Synonyms:
- insult, offence, outrage, provocation, slap in the face (informal), slight, slur
[verb]
Synonyms:
- offend, anger, annoy, displease, insult, outrage, provoke, slight

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Contrasted words: compliment, laud, praise, dignify, honor, deference, homage, adulation, flattery
Related Idioms: slap in the face
Related Words: criticize, dispraise, dishonor, flouting, offense, outrage, slight, aspersion, barb, defamation, dig

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I. af‧front¹ /əˈfrʌnt/ verb [transitive usually passive] formal
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: afronter, from Vulgar Latin affrontare 'to hit in the face', from Latin ad- 'to' + frons 'forehead']
to offend or insult someone, especially by not showing respect:
He stepped back, affronted by the question.

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II. affront² noun [countable usually singular]
a remark or action that offends or insults someone
affront to
The comments were an affront to his pride.

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affront
noun
ADJ. personal
VERB + AFFRONT cause | regard/see/take sth as He took his son's desertion as a personal affront.
PREP. ~ to This remark caused affront to many people.

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