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Noun affront has 1 sense
- insult, affront - a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of an affront; "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"
--1 is a kind of discourtesy, offense, offence, offensive activity
--1 has particulars: indignity; scandalization, scandalisation, outrage
Verb affront has 1 sense
- diss, insult, affront - treat, mention, or speak to rudely; "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"
--1 is one way to hurt, wound, injure, bruise, offend, spite
Sample sentence:
The performance is likely to affront Sue
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