affront

affront has 8 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 7.

Definitions

• v. t.. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
• v. t.. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.
• v. t.. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.
• n.. An encounter either friendly or hostile.
• n.. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.
• n.. An offense to one's self-respect; shame.
• n.. a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"
• 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"