ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsAaffront
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affront
Meaning: a deliberate insult to someone's dignity or pride
affront in a sentence
How affront is used in real sentences:
Her blunt refusal to shake his hand was seen as an affront to the ambassador.
The coach took the players' laughter as a personal affront and stormed off the field.
“A trustee treated the revised graph as an affront, demanding its removal before donors saw what he called "institutional indecision." His wrath intensified when Ortiz refused; he threatened to cancel the opening and dismiss the entire design team.”
— from the passage The Archive in Wood
Synonyms for affront
Other words for affront — insult, indignity and slight — carry the same meaning.
- insult
- indignity
- slight
Antonyms of affront
Words that mean the opposite of affront:
- compliment
- tribute
Where it comes from
From Old French afronter 'to strike in the face'
Memory hook
AFFRONT sounds like 'a front' — someone gets in your FRONT face to insult you.