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Significados de affront en inglés

portugués
ofensa
catalán
afront
español
insulto

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

insulto
portugués
ofender
catalán
insultar
español
insultar

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

insultar

To insult or offend.

Sinónimos
Examples for "debase"
Examples for "debase"
1
It is a mistake to suppose love only elevates; it can debase.
The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
2
At every point of contact with our labor system, they debase it.
White Slaves; or, the Oppression of the Worthy Poor
3
The indignant heart repels a conviction that is believed to debase it.
The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
4
And I never, never can debase my nature to change that love.
Thaddeus of Warsaw
5
Such men,-orwomen,-mayhardly, perhaps, debase themselves with the more vulgar vices.
The Eustace Diamonds
Uso de affront en inglés
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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Translations for affront
Affront a través del tiempo
Affront por variante geográfica
Reino Unido
Común
Irlanda
Común
Estados Unidos de América
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