affront

Meanings

Verb

• To insult intentionally, especially openly.
• To meet defiantly; to confront.
• To meet or encounter face to face.

Noun

• An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
• A hostile encounter or meeting.

Origin

• From Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter ("to defy"), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare ("to hit in the face"), from Latin ad ("to") + frōns (English front).