affront
41affront — [14] The present day notion of ‘insulting someone’ has replaced the more direct action of hitting them in the face. Affront comes, via Old French afronter, from Vulgar Latin *affrontāre ‘strike in the face’, which was formed from the Latin phrase …
42affront — 1 verb (transitive usually passive) to offend or insult someone, especially by not showing respect 2 noun (countable usually singular) a remark or action that offends or insults someone (+ to): an affront to his pride …
43affront — 1. noun an affront to public morality Syn: insult, offense, indignity, slight, snub, put down, provocation, injury; outrage, atrocity, scandal; informal slap in the face, kick in the teeth 2. verb she was affronted by his familiarity Syn …
44affront — nm., humiliation, injure, offense grave, honte : afran (Villards Thônes 028), AFRON nm. (Aix 017b, Albanais 001, Saxel), nf. (017a) ; ofinsa nf. (001, 017, 028). E. : Culot, Douleur. A1) faire affront, humilier, offenser : fére afron vti. (001) …
45affront — [14] The present day notion of ‘insulting someone’ has replaced the more direct action of hitting them in the face. Affront comes, via Old French afronter, from Vulgar Latin *affrontāre ‘strike in the face’, which was formed from the Latin phrase …
46affront hostilely — index assault Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
47affront — Synonyms and related words: aggrieve, aspersion, atrocity, barb, beard, bell the cat, bid defiance, bite the bullet, brave, brazen, brazen out, breast, brickbat, bring before, bring forward, bring up, call names, call out, casus belli, challenge …
48affront — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. & n. insult, slight, snub. See disrespect. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. insult, indignity, offense; see insult . v. Syn. offend, insult, slight, provoke; see insult , offend . See Synonym Study at offend …
49Affront — Af|front 〈 [afrɔ̃:] m.; Gen.: s, Pl.: s〉 Beleidigung, Kränkung, Verhöhnung [Etym.: frz., »Beschimpfung«] …
50affront — af·front || É™ frÊŒnt n. insult, offense v. insult, offend, slight, outrage …
