Affront

[ə'frʌnt]

解釋/意思:

(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.

布雷特整理

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Insult, abuse, outrage.[2]. Offend, displease, irritate, provoke, chafe, fret, vex, annoy, pique, nettle, anger, gall, MIFF, give offence to, make angry.

n. [1]. Insult, abuse, contumely, indignity, outrage, injury, wrong, ill-treatment, ill-turn.[2]. Provocation, offence.

艾比校對

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Outrage, provocation, insult, ill-treatment, abuse, wrong, offence, Indignity

ANT:Homage, salutation, courtesy, apology, amends, compliment

道格拉斯校對

解釋/意思:

v.t. to meet face to face: to insult openly: (Shak.) to throw one's self in the way of.—n. contemptuous treatment: an open insult: disgrace.—adj. Affront,fem. Affronté”?b> facing each other: (her.) of animals represented front to front or expectant—opp. to Addorsed; also looking frontwise or toward the beholder.—p.adj. Affront′ed insulted offended.—adj. Affront′ive.—To put an affront upon To offer an affront to = to openly insult a person."

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