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affront 音標拼音: [əfr'ʌnt] v.
n. 侮辱,冒犯,當眾侮辱;泰然面對 侮辱,冒犯,當眾侮辱;泰然面對 affront n 1: a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect; " turning his back on me was a deliberate insult" [ synonym: { insult}, { affront}] v 1: treat, mention, or speak to rudely; " He insulted her with his rude remarks"; " the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone" [ synonym: { diss}, { insult}, { affront}] Pocket \ Pock" et\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Pocketed}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Pocketing}.] 1. To put, or conceal, in the pocket; as, to pocket the change. [ 1913 Webster] He would pocket the expense of the license. -- Sterne. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To take clandestinely or fraudulently. [ 1913 Webster] He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long been dead. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] { To pocket a ball} ( Billiards), to drive a ball into a pocket of the table. { To pocket an insult}, { affront}, etc., to receive an affront without open resentment, or without seeking redress. " I must pocket up these wrongs." -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster]
Affront \ Af* front"\, n. [ Cf. F. affront, fr. affronter.] 1. An encounter either friendly or hostile. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded On hostile ground, none daring my affront. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult. [ 1913 Webster] Offering an affront to our understanding. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 3. An offense to one' s self- respect; shame. -- Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: { Affront}, { Insult}, { Outrage}. Usage: An affront is a designed mark of disrespect, usually in the presence of others. An insult is a personal attack either by words or actions, designed to humiliate or degrade. An outrage is an act of extreme and violent insult or abuse. An affront piques and mortifies; an insult irritates and provokes; an outrage wounds and injures. Captious persons construe every innocent freedom into an affront. When people are in a state of animosity, they seek opportunities of offering each other insults. Intoxication or violent passion impels men to the commission of outrages. -- Crabb. [ 1913 Webster]
Affront \ Af* front"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Affronted}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Affronting}.] [ OF. afronter, F. affronter, to confront, LL. affrontare to strike against, fr. L. ad frons forehead, front. See { Front}.] 1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. [ Obs.] [ 1913 Webster] All the sea- coasts do affront the Levant. -- Holland. [ 1913 Webster] That he, as ' t were by accident, may here Affront Ophelia. -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [ Archaic] [ 1913 Webster] 3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility. [ 1913 Webster] How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius? -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight; defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle. [ 1913 Webster] 110 Moby Thesaurus words for " affront": aggrieve, aspersion, atrocity, barb, beard, bell the cat, bid defiance, bite the bullet, brave, brazen, brazen out, breast, brickbat, bring before, bring forward, bring up, call names, call out, casus belli, challenge, confront, confront with, contempt, contumely, criticize, cut, dare, defamation, defy, despite, dig, dishonor, disoblige, dispraise, double- dare, dump, dump on, encounter, enormity, envisage, face, face out, face the music, face up, face up to, face with, fleer at, flout, flouting, front, gibe, gibe at, give offense, give offense to, give umbrage, grieve, humiliate, humiliation, hurl a brickbat, hurt, hurt the feelings, indignity, injury, insult, jeer, jeer at, jeering, jibe at, lay before, meet, meet boldly, meet head- on, meet squarely, mock, mockery, offend, offense, outdare, outrage, place before, present to, provocation, put down, put it to, put- down, raw nerve, red rag, run the gauntlet, scoff, scoff at, scream defiance, scurrility, set at defiance, set before, show fight, slap, slight, sore point, sore spot, speak out, speak up, stand up to, stare down, stem, sting, taunt, tender spot, treat with indignity, uncomplimentary remark, wound
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