Affront : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Affront	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Affront
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
affront n a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult" Synonym(s): insult, affront v treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone" Synonym(s): diss, insult, affront
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pocket \Pock"et\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pocketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pocketing}.] 1. To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change. He would pocket the expense of the license. --Sterne. 2. To take clandestinely or fraudulently. He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long been dead. --Macaulay. {To pocket a ball} (Billiards), to drive a ball into a pocket of the table. {To pocket an insult}, {affront}, etc., to receive an affront without open resentment, or without seeking redress. [bd]I must pocket up these wrongs.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Affront \Affront"\, 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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Affront \Affront"\, n. [Cf. F. affront, fr. affronter.] 1. An encounter either friendly or hostile. [Obs.] I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded On hostile ground, none daring my affront. --Milton. 2. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult. Offering an affront* to our understanding. --Addison. 3. An offense to one's self-respect; shame. --Arbuthnot. Syn: {Affront}, {Insult}, {Outrage}. Usage: An affront is a designed mark of disrespect, usually in the presence of others. An insult is a personal attack either by words or actions, designed to humiliate or degrade. An outrage is an act of extreme and violent insult or abuse. An affront piques and mortifies; an insult irritates and provokes; an outrage wounds and injures. Captious persons construe every innocent freedom into an affront. When people are in a state of animosity, they seek opportunities of offering each other insults. Intoxication or violent passion impels men to the commission of outrages. --Crabb.