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Meanings of affront in English

Portuguese
ofensa
Catalan
afront
Spanish
insulto

A deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect.

        ofensa
        Portuguese
        ofender
        Catalan
        insultar
        Spanish
        insultar

        To put someone down, or show disrespect by the use of insulting language or dismissive behaviour.

              ofender

              To insult or offend.

                    Usage of affront in English
                    1
                    Making decisions by lottery is often seen as an affront to justice.
                    The Irish Times
                    2
                    The Seanad has limited powers and is a gross affront to democracy.
                    The Irish Times
                    3
                    Rights groups say that it is an affront to basic human rights.
                    Reuters
                    4
                    The odds against success of such an affront to authority are long.
                    Anthill: a novel
                    5
                    Its truth was a blazing affront in the face of age-old autocracy.
                    The Desert of Wheat
                    6
                    He seemed to regard the bustle and hammering as a personal affront.
                    Chicken Little Jane
                    7
                    The existence of these varied contradictorinesses seems to him a personal affront.
                    By the Christmas Fire
                    8
                    Bruce seemed to take the nurse-disguise as a personal affront to himself.
                    Bruce
                    9
                    That's a direct affront to the celibacy pledge taken by Catholic priests.
                    Reuters
                    10
                    Only it seemed unnecessary to affront them in your very first sermon.
                    The Seeker
                    11
                    It is an affront to the Government, to the United States Government.
                    The Night-Born
                    12
                    Women warriors are an affront to Mars for a very good reason.
                    Imperatrix
                    13
                    And now I am avenged for the affront you put upon me.
                    Eugene Aram — Volume 03
                    14
                    Quite possibly the dole may affront some owner of houses and lands.
                    East of Paris: Sketches in the Gâtinais, Bourbonnais, and Champa...
                    15
                    But every instant after threw new and varied lights on the affront.
                    The Lair of the White Worm
                    16
                    His presence and his meddling is an affront to the intelligence of-
                    Truxton King: A Story of Graustark
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