| Affront: English to English |
| Affront (n.) An encounter either friendly or hostile. |
| Affront (n.) An offense to one's self-respect; shame. |
| Affront (n.) Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult. |
| Affront (v. t.) To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter. |
| Affront (v. t.) To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. |
| Affront (v. t.) To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility. |