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- Dictionaryaffront/əˈfrʌnt/
noun
- 1. an action or remark that causes outrage or offence: "he took his son's desertion as a personal affront"
verb
- 1. offend the modesty or values of: "she was affronted by his familiarity"
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The meaning of AFFRONT is to insult especially to the face by behavior or language. How to use affront in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Affront.
a remark or action intended to insult or offend someone: He regarded the comments as an affront to his dignity. Synonym. insult. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Insults & abuse. abusively. backhanded compliment. brickbat. catcaller. catcalling. contumely. dis. mouth off (to/at someone) name. negging. point-scoring. revile. sledging.
An affront is an action that causes offense. If someone blows smoke in your face after you've asked him to put out his cigarette, you would consider it an affront.
Affront definition: a personally offensive act or word; deliberate act or display of disrespect; intentional slight; insult. See examples of AFFRONT used in a sentence.
1. verb. If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it. [formal] His reforms had so affronted many of his natural supporters in England. [V ] Synonyms: offend, anger, provoke, outrage More Synonyms of affront. affronted adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] He pretended to be affronted, but inwardly he was pleased.
The action or an act of insulting someone openly or… I. † An encounter, and related senses. I.1. ?1587–1765. A hostile encounter; an attack, an assault. Obsolete. ?1587. We are allotted to a glorious combat, in which the onlye comforte of so honourable lookers on, were enough to harten vs againste all affrontes.
affront (to somebody/something) a remark or an action that offends somebody/something synonym insult. His speech was an affront to many in the local community. This remark caused affront to many people.
