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affront::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | insult |
| Type of | offensive activity, offence, offense, discourtesy |
| Has types | scandalization, indignity, outrage, scandalisation |
Examples of affront
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What's new, I think, is the thread of personal affront in the parenting chatter.
From the parenting.blogs.nytimes.com
But he did suggest that the play had caused some affront in the local community.
From the independent.co.uk
I think it is not so much the proposed sale of the monument that is the affront.
From the expressandstar.com
They saw it as an affront to Mao, whose giant portrait hung diagonally opposite.
From the economist.com
But for those already sold down the river, it'll feel like like another affront.
From the thisismoney.co.uk
Latino groups and elected officials have denounced it as an affront to Hispanics.
From the denverpost.com
Realizing that their love is an affront to man and God, Martha immolates herself.
From the time.com
Their fans face the affront of what looks to be a 12th consecutive losing season.
From the post-gazette.com
Mexican media reports have criticized such actions as an affront to the nation.
From the voanews.com
- Diss: treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"
- Insult: a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"
- This article describes the fictional species of the 'Culture' science-fiction setting of Iain M. Banks which are mentioned in greater detail in the novels (with the exception of the pan-humans of the Culture themselves, who are described in great detail in the Culture main article).
- An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult; A hostile encounter or meeting; To insult intentionally, especially openly; To meet defiantly; to confront; To meet or encounter face to face
- (Affronted) Descriptive of two figures placed front to front. Compare addorsed.
- (Affronted) A pair of similar figures that face one another, rather than the same way.
- (Affronted) Term applied to two figures, usually animals, placed symmetrically facing each other, often found on capitals.
- (affronting) obviously and purposely insulting
- This is a bad dream. The dreamer is sure to shed tears and weep. For a young woman to dream that she is affronted, denotes that some unfriendly person will take advantage of her ignorance to place her in a compromising situation with a stranger, or to jeopardize her interests with a friend.
