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
- 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.
By Oddity Software
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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
