affront
noun
[ əˈfrʌnt ]
• an action or remark that causes outrage or offence.
• "he took his son's desertion as a personal affront"
Similar:
insult,
offence,
indignity,
slight,
snub,
slur,
aspersion,
provocation,
injury,
put down,
humiliation,
outrage,
atrocity,
scandal,
injustice,
abuse,
desecration,
violation,
slap in the face,
kick in the teeth,
affront
verb
• offend the modesty or values of.
• "she was affronted by his familiarity"
Similar:
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,
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Old French afronter ‘to slap in the face, insult’, based on Latin ad frontem ‘to the face’.
