Word Meanings - AFFRONT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad + frons forehead, front. See 1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. Holland. That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront Ophelia.

Additional info about word: AFFRONT

affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad + frons forehead, front. See 1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. Holland. That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront Ophelia. Shak. 2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter. 3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility. How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius Addison. Syn. -- TO insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight; defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of AFFRONT)

• Annoy
• Tease
• vex
• irritate
• disturb
• affront
• molest
• pain
• disquiet
• incommode
• tantalize
• bother
• weary
• inconvenience
• plague
• discommode
• harass
• chafe
• trouble
• Indignity
• Insult
• rudeness
• contemptuousness
• opprobrium
• disgrace
• slight
• reproach
• ignominy
• disrespect
• outrage
• Insult Affront
• dishonor
• provoke
• mock
• ridicule
• Offence
• Offense
• Attack
• sin
• crime
• umbrage
• transgression
• misdeed
• injury
• wrong
• insult
• trespass
• indignity
• misdemeanor
• Offend
• Displease
• shock
• annoy
• wound
• nettle
• err
• fall

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of AFFRONT)

• Suit
• aid
• benefit
• subserve
• assist
• help
• Respect
• salute
• honor
• praise
• flatter
• compliment
• gratify
• Laud
• approve
• commend
• Regard
• respect
• notice
• observe
• Compose
• calm
• allay
• appease
• please
• soothe
• delight
• recreate
• entertain
• relieve
• refresh

Related words: (words related to AFFRONT)

• COMMENDATOR
  One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.
• OFFENDANT
  An offender. Holland.
• ASSISTANTLY
  In a manner to give aid.
• MISDEMEAN
  To behave ill; -- with a reflexive pronoun; as, to misdemean one's self.
• TEASER
  A jager gull. (more info) 1. One who teases or vexes.
• SLIGHTNESS
  The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard.
• FLATTER
  1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens. A flat-faced fulling hammer. A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.
• NETTLER
  One who nettles. Milton.
• OUTRAGEOUS
  Of the nature of an outrage; exceeding the limits of right, reason, or decency; involving or doing an outrage; furious; violent; atrocious. "Outrageous weeping." Chaucer. "The most outrageous villainies." Sir P. Sidney. "The vile, outrageous
• DELIGHTING
  Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv. Jer. Taylor.
• REPROACHER
  One who reproaches.
• IGNOMINY
  a deprivation of one's good name); in- not + nomen name: cf. F. 1. Public disgrace or dishonor; reproach; infamy. Their generals have been received with honor after their defeat; yours with ignominy after conquest. Addison. Vice begins in mistake,
• APPROVEDLY
  So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner.
• TROUBLER
  One who troubles or disturbs; one who afflicts or molests; a disturber; as, a troubler of the peace. The rich troublers of the world's repose. Waller.
• DISRESPECTABILITY
  Want of respectability. Thackeray.
• COMMENDER
  One who commends or praises.
• HONORABLE
  1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
• DISQUIETTUDE
  Want of peace or tranquility; uneasiness; disturbance; agitation; anxiety. Fears and disquietude, and unavoidable anxieties of mind. Abp. Sharp.
• OFFENDRESS
  A woman who offends. Shak.
• PRAISEWORTHINESS
  The quality or state of being praiseworthy.
• DISREGARDFULLY
  Negligently; heedlessly.
• APPRAISER
  One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates.