Meaning & use
Affront
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An action or remark that deliberately causes offense or insult, especially by showing open disrespect.
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Being seated at the back of the hall was seen as a deliberate affront to the retiring professor.
He took the joke as a personal affront and demanded an apology.
A note on using this word
Affront comes from Old French 'afronter,' meaning to slap in the face, and can also function as a verb meaning to insult someone openly.
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To insult or offend someone openly and deliberately.
His blunt remark affronted several guests at the dinner.
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