affront
An open or intentional offense, slight, or insultAn open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
» Yanni took that as a personal affront.
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2 sensesAn open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
Such behavior is an affront to society.
Affront
оскорбле́ниеoskorblénije
(obsolete)A hostile encounter or meeting.
- a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
Examples
4 sentencesYanni took that as a personal affront.
Corruption at the government level is an affront to democracy.
The coup d'etat in Brazil is an affront to democracy.
Intentionally burning the Quran is an affront to the basic principles of freedom of religion and expression.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to hit in the face; to defy”), fFrom Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to hit in the face; to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to hit in the face”), from Latin ad (“to”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English front). By surface analysis, af- + front.
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Forms
plural: affrontsSynonyms
1 synonyms- a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect:insult