affront

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To meet defiantly; to confront
To insult intentionally, especially openly
A hostile encounter or meeting
To meet or encounter face to face
An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult

Such behavior is an affront to society.

an open insult or indignity
{n} an insult, wrong, disgrace
{v} to provoke, insult, offend
treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"
a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"
To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face
{i} insult, offense
To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility
{f} insult, offend, slight, outrage
An offense to one's self-respect; shame
To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter
An encounter either friendly or hostile
Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult
If something is an affront to you, it is an obvious insult to you. It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this = insult. to offend or insult someone, especially by not showing respect (afronter, from affrontare , from ad- + frons ). a remark or action that offends or insults someone affront to
To insult intentionally, especially openly. See Synonyms at offend
If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it. an incident which particularly affronted Kasparov. + affronted af·front·ed He pretended to be affronted, but inwardly he was pleased
affronted
{a} offended, insulted, used ill
affronting
{a} causing affront, provoking
affronted
past of affront
affronted
treated with insolent and rude language especially openly and intentionally
affronting
present participle of affront
affronts
plural of affront
affronts
third-person singular of affront
affront
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