AFFRONT


Meaning of AFFRONT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ əfrʌnt ]

( affronts, affronting, affronted)

1.

If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it. ( FORMAL )

...an incident which particularly affronted Kasparov.

VERB : V n

• af‧front‧ed

He pretended to be affronted, but inwardly he was pleased...

ADJ : usu v-link ADJ

2.

If something is an affront to you, it is an obvious insult to you.

It’s an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this...

= insult

N-COUNT : usu sing , usu N to n

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