affronted

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{a} offended, insulted, used ill
past of affront
treated with insolent and rude language especially openly and intentionally
affront
To meet defiantly; to confront
affront
To insult intentionally, especially openly
affront
A hostile encounter or meeting
affront
To meet or encounter face to face
affront
an open insult or indignity
affront
{n} an insult, wrong, disgrace
affront
{v} to provoke, insult, offend
Affront
treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"
Affront
a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"
affront
To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face
affront
{i} insult, offense
affront
To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility
affront
An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult
affront
{f} insult, offend, slight, outrage
affront
An offense to one's self-respect; shame
affront
To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter
affront
An encounter either friendly or hostile
affront
Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult
affront
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
affront
To insult intentionally, especially openly. See Synonyms at offend
affront
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

    Turkish pronunciation

    ıfrʌntîd

    Pronunciation

    /əˈfrəntəd/ /əˈfrʌntɪd/

    Etymology

    [ &-'fr&nt ] (transitive verb.) 14th century. Middle English afronten, from Middle French afronter to defy, from Vulgar Latin affrontare, from Latin ad- + front-, frons forehead.
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