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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Affront \Af*front"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Affronted}; p. pr & vb n. {Affronting}.] [OF. afronter F. affronter, to confront, LL affrontare to strike against, fr L. ad + frons forehead, front. See {Front}.] 1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. [Obs.] All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. --Holland. That he as 't were by accident, may here Affront Ophelia --Shak. 2. To face in defiance; to confront; as to affront death; hence to meet in hostile encounter. [Archaic] 3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility. How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius? --Addison. Syn: To insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight; defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: affronted adj : treated with insolent and rude language especially openly and intentionally [syn: {insulted}]
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