Affront
noun
An action or statement that insults or offends someone.
His rude comments were an affront to her dignity.
Often appears as...
- affront to dignity
- take affront
verb
To insult or offend someone openly.
He would frequently affront people with his sarcastic comments.
Often appears as...
- affront someone's dignity
- openly affront
verb
To meet defiantly or encounter.
She was prepared to affront any challenge that came her way.
Often appears as...
- affront a challenge
- courageously affront
noun
An action or statement that insults or offends someone.
His rude comments were an affront to her dignity.
Often appears as...
- affront to dignity
- take affront
verb
To insult or offend someone openly.
He would frequently affront people with his sarcastic comments.
Often appears as...
- affront someone's dignity
- openly affront
verb
To meet defiantly or encounter.
She was prepared to affront any challenge that came her way.
Often appears as...
- affront a challenge
- courageously affront
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Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Affront as a noun can carry a strong emotional weight and imply deep disrespect.
The portrait's defacement was a palpable affront to the artist's memory.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
An affront might be culturally specific; what offends in one culture may not in another.
Refusing the customary gift was seen as an affront in their culture.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity
Affront often suggests a serious offense, more than a minor slight.
Calling the ceremony a sham was an affront to the entire community.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Affront as a noun can carry a strong emotional weight and imply deep disrespect.
The portrait's defacement was a palpable affront to the artist's memory.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
An affront might be culturally specific; what offends in one culture may not in another.
Refusing the customary gift was seen as an affront in their culture.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity
Affront often suggests a serious offense, more than a minor slight.
Calling the ceremony a sham was an affront to the entire community.
Pro Tip 1/3Emotional Impact
Affront as a noun can carry a strong emotional weight and imply deep disrespect.
The portrait's defacement was a palpable affront to the artist's memory.
Pro Tip 2/3Cultural Sensitivity
An affront might be culturally specific; what offends in one culture may not in another.
Refusing the customary gift was seen as an affront in their culture.
Pro Tip 3/3Severity
Affront often suggests a serious offense, more than a minor slight.
Calling the ceremony a sham was an affront to the entire community.
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Video examples
Samantha Power: Shaking...
He saw them. At a macro level, he thought, you know, we talk about democracy promotion, but we do it in a way sometimes that's an affront to people's dignity. We put people on humanitarian aid and we boast about it because we've spent three billion. It's incredibly important,
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New Orleans Mayor Mitch...
put these statues up to send a message to people just like when that you're lessening and even though we lost the war and the United States won we're not coming along and that's why Robert easel these arms are folded and he's looking north it's an affront to the idea of
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The myth of Narcissus...
decided that it would be the final affront. It was time for retribution. So, Nemesis set Narcissus towards a clear, glassy pool. As he bent towards the water to drink, he caught sight of a hauntingly beautiful young man.
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Samantha Power: Shaking...
He saw them. At a macro level, he thought, you know, we talk about democracy promotion, but we do it in a way sometimes that's an affront to people's dignity. We put people on humanitarian aid and we boast about it because we've spent three billion. It's incredibly important,
Video examples
New Orleans Mayor Mitch...
put these statues up to send a message to people just like when that you're lessening and even though we lost the war and the United States won we're not coming along and that's why Robert easel these arms are folded and he's looking north it's an affront to the idea of
Video examples
The myth of Narcissus...
decided that it would be the final affront. It was time for retribution. So, Nemesis set Narcissus towards a clear, glassy pool. As he bent towards the water to drink, he caught sight of a hauntingly beautiful young man.
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Quote examples
Bryan Fuller
American Producer
If you are going to be serving a living thing, you have to honor that living thing with some kind of care and thought and preparation to rationalize the taking of that life in some way. Where if you're just grinding up hamburger at McDonald's, I see that as a bit of an affront to living things.
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Katharine Viner
British Journalist
As editor, I think we need to act more decisively on what kind of material appears on the 'Guardian'. Those who argue that this is an affront to freedom of speech miss the point. That freedom counts for little if it is used to silence others.
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Jim Mattis
American Public Servant
Some people feel affronted when something they thought to be true doesn't happen. If that's the case, then your sense of risk is much higher, and that leads to risk aversion. You need to be able to be comfortable in uncertainty.
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Peter Maurer
Swiss Activist
Torture and other forms of cruel or humiliating treatment are an affront to humanity, and the physical and psychological scars can last a lifetime.
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Tom Fitton
American Activist
It's hard for people who obey and respect the law to keep their heads from exploding in the face of affronts to common sense and the rule of law.
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Amber Rudd
British Politician
Modern slavery is a barbaric crime. Each and every case is a both a tragedy and an affront to our values of decency and kindness.
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Samuel Richardson
English Novelist
The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
Every aspect of Obamacare is an affront to the very founding of this country.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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Bryan Fuller
American Producer
If you are going to be serving a living thing, you have to honor that living thing with some kind of care and thought and preparation to rationalize the taking of that life in some way. Where if you're just grinding up hamburger at McDonald's, I see that as a bit of an affront to living things.
Quote examples
Katharine Viner
British Journalist
As editor, I think we need to act more decisively on what kind of material appears on the 'Guardian'. Those who argue that this is an affront to freedom of speech miss the point. That freedom counts for little if it is used to silence others.
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Jim Mattis
American Public Servant
Some people feel affronted when something they thought to be true doesn't happen. If that's the case, then your sense of risk is much higher, and that leads to risk aversion. You need to be able to be comfortable in uncertainty.
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Peter Maurer
Swiss Activist
Torture and other forms of cruel or humiliating treatment are an affront to humanity, and the physical and psychological scars can last a lifetime.
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Tom Fitton
American Activist
It's hard for people who obey and respect the law to keep their heads from exploding in the face of affronts to common sense and the rule of law.
Quote examples
Amber Rudd
British Politician
Modern slavery is a barbaric crime. Each and every case is a both a tragedy and an affront to our values of decency and kindness.
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Samuel Richardson
English Novelist
The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish Playwright
I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.
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Rush Limbaugh
American Entertainer
Every aspect of Obamacare is an affront to the very founding of this country.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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