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affront

Pronunciation: /əˈfɹʌnt/

The English word “affront” has 6 meanings listed here.

verb

  1. To insult intentionally, especially openly.
  2. To be an affront to; offend.
  3. To meet defiantly; to confront.
  4. To meet or encounter face to face.

noun

  1. An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
  2. A hostile encounter or meeting.

Etymology

From Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to hit in the face; to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to hit in the face”), from Latin ad (“to”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English front). By surface analysis, af- + front.

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