Affront

/əˈfɹʌnt/

Synonyms for "affront" (144 found)

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Closest matches (29)

Noun(2 words)
aggrieveangerasperseaspersionatrocitybarbbeardbell the catbid defiancebite the bulletblasphemybrassybravebrazenbrazen outbreastbrickbatbring beforebring forwardbring up
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call namescall outcasus bellichallengeconfrontconfront withcontempt

Strong matches (43)

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face upface up toface withfleerfleer atfloutfloutingfrontgibegibe atgive offensegive offense togive umbragegrievancegrievehumiliatehumiliation
Verb(2 words)

Related words (72)

hurl a brickbathurthurt the feelingsindignityinjureinjuryinsultirritatejeerjeer atjeeringjibe atlay beforemeetmeet boldlymeet head onmeet head-onmeet squarelymockmockery
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offendoffenseoutdareoutrageplace beforepresentpresent toprovocationprovokeput downput it toput-downraw nervered ragrun the gauntletscandalizescoffscoff atscream defiancescurrilityset at defianceset beforeshow fightslapslap in the faceslightslursore pointsore spotspeak outspeak upstand up tostare downstemstingtaunttender spottreat with indignityuncomplimentary remarkwound
Noun(7 words)
Adjective(1 words)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

14 entries

More specific

9 entries
challengedefydemeaning remarkinsultopposepersonal slightpublic insultracial slurslur

Collocations

10 entries
affront a colleagueaffront authorityaffront cultural normsaffront public sensibilitiesaffront someone's dignitygrave affrontofficial affrontpersonal affrontpublic affrontserious affront

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Those who threatened the religious order were severely punished. The reason for this is, of course, obvious. The religious authorities gave the monarch divine right, and an affront to the religious establishment was a threat to the monarch's power.

Source: tatoeba (6051498)

“If a lady,” he said, “asked him any question upon the subject, he would neither answer her nor speak to her again while he lived; if a gentleman, he would consider it as a mortal affront, and demand satisfaction as having received such.”

Source: tatoeba (7752113)

Yanni took that as a personal affront.

Source: tatoeba (9774018)

Placing a restriction on the number of example sentences that non-native speakers can offer in English is an affront to their intelligence and the significant efforts they make to contribute to this collaborative project.

Source: tatoeba (11847561)

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