| Main Entry: |
affront |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
insult or involve in entanglement |
Synonyms: |
abuse,
anger,
annoy,
confront,
criticize, displease, dispraise, dump on,
encounter,
face, give a zinger, give the cold shoulder, hit where one lives,
meet,
offend,
outrage,
pique,
provoke,
put down*,
slander,
slight,
taunt,
vex
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| Notes: |
effrontery means shameless boldness or insulting presumptuousness while an affront is a deliberately offensive act or open insult |
Antonyms: |
appease, assuage, compliment, gratify, mollify, placate, please, satisfy, soothe
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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