Affront Definition
ə-frŭnt
affronted, affronts
verb
affronted, affronts
To insult openly or purposely; offend; slight.
Webster's New World
To meet defiantly; confront.
Affront danger.
American Heritage
To confront defiantly.
Webster's New World
To meet or encounter (another) face to face.
American Heritage
To come before; meet; face.
Webster's New World
noun
affronts
An open or intentional insult; slight to one's dignity.
Webster's New World
A hostile encounter or meeting.
American Heritage
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adjective
(heraldry) Face to face, or with the fronts facing each other.
Wiktionary
Origin of Affront
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From Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to hit in the face”), from Latin ad (“to”) + frons (“forehead”).
From Wiktionary
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Middle English afrounten from Old French afronter Latin ad- ad- Latin frōns front- face front
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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French affronté, past participle.
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