Synonyms for affront
əˈfrʌntaf·front

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1. affront

   One may be annoyed by the well-meaning awkwardness of a servant, irritated by a tight shoe or a thoughtless remark, vexed at some careless neglect or needless misfortune, wounded by the ingratitude of child or friend. To tease is to give some slight and perhaps playful annoyance. Aggravate in the sense of offend is colloquial. To provoke, literally to call out or challenge, is to begin a contest; one provokes another to violence. To affront is to offer some defiant offense or indignity, as it were, to one's face; it is somewhat less than to insult. Compare PIQUE.

   Synonyms:
   aggravate, annoy, displease, exasperate, insult, irritate, offend, provoke, tease, vex, wound

   Antonyms:
   conciliate, content, gratify, honor, please

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1. affront

   Synonyms:
   outrage, provocation, insult, ill-treatment, abuse, wrong, offence, indignity

   Antonyms:
   homage, salutation, courtesy, apology, amends, compliment

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1. insult, affrontverb

   a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect

   "turning his back on me was a deliberate insult"

   Synonyms:
   abuse, vilification, contumely, revilement, insult

2. diss, insult, affrontverb

   treat, mention, or speak to rudely

   "He insulted her with his rude remarks"; "the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone"

   Synonyms:
   diss, insult

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1. affrontverb

   Synonyms:
   insult, abuse, outrage

2. affrontverb

   Synonyms:
   offend, displease, irritate, provoke, chafe, fret, vex, annoy, pique, nettle, anger, gall, MIFF, give offence to, make angry

3. affrontnoun

   Synonyms:
   insult, abuse, contumely, indignity, outrage, injury, wrong, ill-treatment, ill-turn

4. affrontnoun

   Synonyms:
   provocation, offence

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1. affrontnoun

   Synonyms:
   indignity, insult, outrage, contumely, offense

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1. List of paraphrases for "affront":

   insult, outrage, snub, shame, slur, mockery, offence, offense

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1. Rachel Smith:

   Someone simply minding their own business and riding public transportation, they have an expectation that they should travel without harassment or bodily harm, we all need to view this situation seriously and as an affront to all of us.

2. Republican Representative Paul Gosar:

   To continue honoring Bill Cosby with this prestigious accolade would be an affront to women nationwide, particularly those who were victims of his horrific acts.

3. Janet Yellen:

   Russia's actions represent an unacceptable affront to the rules-based, global order, and will have enormous economic repercussions in Ukraine and beyond.

4. Donald Trump:

   Yesterday's chemical attack, a chemical attack that was so horrific in Syria against innocent people, including women, small children and even beautiful little babies, their deaths were an affront to humanity, these heinous actions by the Assad regime cannot be tolerated. The United States stands with our allies across the globe to condemn this horrific attack and all other horrific attacks, for that matter.

5. Bill Gates:

   With the state of science and the wealth of the world, that really should be an affront, we really shouldn't accept that this disease can continue.