To affront some one means to personally offend them by word or act. Affront also means that the offense is deliberate, such as if one were to ask someone to shut a door and they instead opened it further.
Jerald took the joke that Dean had told him as an affront, not as a harmless joke.
An affront or a slander.
he was an affront to the king
I won't accept affront from everyone!
No, the verb "affront" is not typically followed by the preposition "with." The more common prepositions used with "affront" are "to" or "by."
Jerald took the joke that Deanna had told him as an affront, not as a harmless joke.
The antonym of affront is to speak kindly to. OK, Happy? Good.
Ridicule, deride, mock, denigrate, belittle, slight, insult, affront
An affront (to someone) is an insult (especially to their honour, dignity).
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An affronter is a person who affronts, who intentionally insults someone, especially in an open situation.
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