AFFRONT
\ɐfɹˈʌnt], \ɐfɹˈʌnt], \ɐ_f_ɹ_ˈʌ_n_t]\
Definitions of AFFRONT
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
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To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.
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To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.
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Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.
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An offense to one's self-respect; shame.
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To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
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To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.
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To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.
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Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.
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An offense to one's self-respect; shame.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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