Thesaurus: affront

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1. v. t. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
2. v. t. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.
3. v. t. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.
4. n. An encounter either friendly or hostile.
5. n. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.
6. n. An offense to one's self-respect; shame.
7. n. a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
8. v. treat, mention, or speak to rudely
9. v:16/n:84 n a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect v treat, mention, or speak to rudely