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    [Verb]  | "af*front" | \ ə-ˈfrənt \


    1: to insult especially to the face by behavior or language

    2: to cause offense to

    3: to face in defiance : confront

    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English afronten, afrounten, borrowed from Anglo-French afrunter "to strike the front of, shame," derivative from the phrase a frunt "facing, openly, blatantly," from "to, at" (going back to Latin ad) + frunt "{see: |front:1|front:1}, forehead" {mat|at:1|};

    [Noun]  | "affront" 


    1: a deliberate offense : insult

    2: a hostile encounter

    Origin: 1533 ;

     Borrowed from Middle French, noun derivative of affronter "to {see: |affront:1|affront:1}";

    [Noun]  | "affront" 


    1: an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings;


      * e.g., " ... took it as an affront that she wasn't invited to say a few words at the ribbon-cutting ceremony "



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    [Verb]  | "affront" 


    1: to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in;


      * e.g., " ... did not mean to affront you when I told you I didn't need your help "



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     [ "affront" ]

    1: To belittle or insult someone openly and to their face,thus causing them to feel dejected.

      * e.g.,  ... On February 24, 1980, 9 year old Luke affronted his brother,10 year old Linus,by saying,"Well,it looks like YOU have a RECTANGLE head!" thus causing Linus to lose his pompom snowhat and end up dejected and barehead,with a cold head,and Linus' hair a fright. 

     [ "affronted" ]

    1: offended

      * e.g.,  ... Nathan Huck well just affronted me!!! 

     [ "Black Affronted" ]

    1: Black Affronted is a Scottish way of expressing ones embarrassment, basically it is a local colloqualism for saying that you have been embarrassed by someone or something.

      * e.g.,  ... That lassie o' mine lifted up her skirt and mooned a'body, I was pure black affronted so ah wiz! 

     [ "Affront to the Ears" ]

    1: A ridiculously irritating sound.

      * e.g.,  ... My mother's voice is an affront to the ears. 

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