English-Thai Dictionary

affront

N คำปรามาส  คำ ดูแคลน  insult indignity offense kham-pra-mad

 

affront

VT ดูถูก  ดูแคลน  ปรามาส  สบประมาท  offend insult provoke du-tuk

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AFFRONT

v.t.[L. frons, front, face. ] 1. Literally, to meet or encounter face to face, in a good or bad sense; as,
The seditious affronted the king's forces
[The foregoing sense is obsolete. ]
2. To offer abuse to the face; to insult, dare or brave openly; to offer abuse or insult in any manner, by words or actions; as, to affront one by giving him the lie.
3. To abuse, or give cause of offense to, without being present with the person; to make slightly angry; a popular use of the word.

 

AFFRONT

n. 1. Opposition to the face; open defiance; encounter. Obs.
2. Ill treatment; abuse; any thing reproachful or contemptuous, that excites or justifies resentment, as foul language, or personal abuse. It usually expresses a less degree of abuse than insult
3. Shame; disgrace. [Not used. ]
4. In popular language, slight resentment; displeasure.

 

AFFRONTED

pp. 1. Opposed face to face; dared; defied; abused.
2. In popular language, offended; slightly angry at ill treatment, by words or actions; displeased.

 

AFFRONTEE

a.In heraldry, front to front; an epithet given to animals that face each other.

 

AFFRONTER

n.One that affronts.

 

AFFRONTING

ppr. Opposing face to face; defying; abusing; offering abuse, or any cause of displeasure.

 

AFFRONTING

a.Contumelious; abusive.

 

AFFRONTIVE

a.Giving offense; tending to offend; abusive.

 

AFFRONTIVENESS

n.The quality that gives offense. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AFFRONT

Af *front ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affronted; p. pr. & vb. n.Affronting. ] Etym: [OF. afronter, F. affronter, to confront, LL. affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad + frons forehead, front. See Front. ]

 

1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. [Obs. ] 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. [Archaic ]

 

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.

 

AFFRONT

Af *front ", n. Etym: [Cf. F. affront, fr. affronter. ]

 

1. An encounter either friendly or hostile. [Obs. ] I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded On hostile ground, none daring my affront. Milton.

 

2. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult. Offering an affront to our understanding. Addison.

 

3. An offense to one's self-respect; shame. Arbuthnot.

 

Syn. -- Affront, Insult, Outrage. An affront is a designed mark of disrespect, usually in the presence of others. An insult is a personal attack either by words or actions, designed to humiliate or degrade. An outrage is an act of extreme and violent insult or abuse. An affront piques and mortifies; an insult irritates and provokes; an outrage wounds and injures. Captious persons construe every innocent freedom into an affront. When people are in a state of animosity, they seek opportunities of offering each other insults. Intoxication or violent passion impels men to the commission of outrages. Crabb.

 

AFFRONTE

Af *fron *té ", a. Etym: [F. affronté, p. p.] (Her. )

 

Defn: Face to face, or front to front; facing.

 

AFFRONTEDLY

AFFRONTEDLY Af *front "ed *ly, adv.

 

Defn: Shamelessly. [Obs. ] Bacon.

 

AFFRONTEE

AFFRONTEE Af *fron *tee ", n.

 

Defn: One who receives an affront. Lytton.

 

AFFRONTER

AFFRONTER Af *front "er, n.

 

Defn: One who affronts, or insults to the face.

 

AFFRONTINGLY

AFFRONTINGLY Af *front "ing *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In an affronting manner.

 

AFFRONTIVE

AFFRONTIVE Af *front "ive, a.

 

Defn: Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive. How affrontive it is to despise mercy. South.

 

AFFRONTIVENESS

AFFRONTIVENESS Af *front "ive *ness, n.

 

Defn: The quality that gives an affront or offense. [R.] Bailey.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

affront

af front |əˈfrənt əˈfrənt | ▶noun an action or remark that causes outrage or offense: he took his son's desertion as a personal affront | privilege publicly worn is an affront to democracy. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be affronted ) offend the modesty or values of: she was affronted by his familiarity. ORIGIN Middle English (as a verb ): from Old French afronter ‘to slap in the face, insult, ’ based on Latin ad frontem ‘to the face. ’

 

affronté

af fron té |ˌafrənˈtā, əˈfrəntē ˌɑfrənˈteɪ |(also affronty |əˈfrəntē |) ▶adjective [ predic. or postpositive ] Heraldry (esp. of an animal's head ) facing the observer. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as affronty ): French, past participle of affronter ‘to face. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

affront

af |front |əˈfrʌnt | ▶noun an action or remark that causes outrage or offence: he took his son's desertion as a personal affront | the sackings were an affront to justice. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (usu. be affronted ) offend the modesty or values of: she was affronted by his familiarity. ORIGIN Middle English (as a verb ): from Old French afronter ‘to slap in the face, insult ’, based on Latin ad frontem ‘to the face ’.

 

affronté

affronté |əˈfrʌnti |(also affronty ) ▶adjective [ predic. or postpositive ] Heraldry (of an animal's head ) facing the observer. ORIGIN mid 16th cent. (as affronty ): French, past participle of affronter ‘to face ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

affront

affront noun an affront to public morality: insult, offense, indignity, slight, snub, put-down, provocation, injury; outrage, atrocity, scandal; informal slap in the face, kick in the teeth. ▶verb she was affronted by his familiarity: insult, offend, mortify, provoke, pique, wound, hurt; put out, irk, displease, bother, rankle, vex, gall; outrage, scandalize, disgust; informal put someone's back up, needle.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

affront

affront noun the paintings, in his view, were an affront to public morality: insult, offence, indignity, slight, snub, slur, aspersion, provocation, injury, put down, humiliation; outrage, atrocity, scandal, injustice, abuse, desecration, violation; informal slap in the face, kick in the teeth. ANTONYMS compliment. ▶verb she was affronted by his familiarity: insult, offend, outrage, mortify, provoke, slight, hurt, pique, wound, put out, irk, displease, distress, bother, rankle, needle, vex, gall, scandalize, disgust, disgruntle, put someone's back up, ruffle someone's feathers, make someone's hackles rise, raise someone's hackles. ANTONYMS compliment.

 

Duden Dictionary

Affront

Af front Substantiv, maskulin bildungssprachlich , der |aˈfrõː auch aˈfrɔnt |der Affront; Genitiv: des Affronts, Plural: die Affronts |[aˈfrõːs ] und |(schweizerisch : ) Affronte |[aˈfrɔntə ]|französisch affront, zu: affronter = beleidigen, vor den Kopf stoßen, zu: front, Front [schwere ] Beleidigung ein gezielter Affront gegen ihn, gegen sein Land, gegenüber seiner Person, seinem Land | etwas als einen Affront betrachten, empfinden

 

French Dictionary

affront

affront n. m. nom masculin Injure, outrage. : Ils m ’ont fait l ’affront de refuser. SYNONYME humiliation ; insulte ; offense .

 

affrontement

affrontement n. m. nom masculin Opposition violente de deux ou de plusieurs adversaires. : Il y a eu des affrontements entre les policiers et les grévistes. Note Sémantique Ne pas confondre avec le nom confrontation, action de mettre en présence des personnes pour comparer leurs témoignages.

 

affronter

affronter v. tr. , pronom. verbe transitif S ’exposer résolument à. : Affronter le danger, des concurrents. SYNONYME braver ; mesurer . verbe pronominal S ’opposer, se combattre. : Les équipes se sont affrontées, et le Canadien a gagné. SYNONYME compétition ; concurrence . Note Grammaticale À la forme pronominale, le participe passé de ce verbe s ’accorde toujours en genre et en nombre avec son sujet. Ils se sont affrontés à la boxe. aimer

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

affront

af front /əfrʌ́nt /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠1 〖通例be ～ed 〗〈人が 〉 (公然と故意に )侮辱される .2 〈気持ち 誇り 〉を傷つける ; 〈人 〉の感情を傷つける .3 ｟古 廃 ｠〈人の死など 〉に直面する, 遭遇する .名詞 C 【人 物に対する 】侮辱する言葉 [行為 ] «to » .