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21Affront — Ein Affront ist eine durch Öffentlichkeit und Brüskierung in Wort oder Tat charakterisierte Beleidigung. Das im 17. Jahrhundert entlehnte und der gehobenen Umgangssprache des 19. Jahrhunderts zugehörige auch heute noch gebräuchliche Wort ist eine …
22affront — n. 1) (formal) to suffer an affront 2) a shocking affront 3) an affront to (it was an affront to common decency) * * * [ə frʌnt] (formal) to suffer an affront a shocking affront an affront to (it was an affront to common decency) …
23Affront — Kränkung; Insultation; Invektive; Beleidigung; Schmähung; Verleumdung * * * Af|front [a frõ:], der; s, s (geh.): [schwere] Beleidigung: darin sehe ich einen Affront gegen mich; etwas als einen Affront betrachten. Syn.: ↑ …
24affront — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ personal VERB + AFFRONT ▪ regard sth as, see sth as, take sth as ▪ He took his son s desertion as a personal affront. PREPOSITION …
25affront — {{11}}affront (n.) 1590s, from AFFRONT (Cf. affront) (v.). {{12}}affront (v.) early 14c., from O.Fr. afronter to face, confront, to slap in the face (13c.), from L.L. affrontare to strike against, from L. ad frontem to the face, from frons (gen.… …
26affront — I UK [əˈfrʌnt] / US noun [countable] Word forms affront : singular affront plural affronts something insulting that makes you shocked and angry II UK [əˈfrʌnt] / US verb [transitive] Word forms affront : present tense I/you/we/they affront… …
27affront — /əˈfrʌnt / (say uh frunt) noun 1. a personally offensive act or word; an intentional slight; an open manifestation of disrespect; an insult to the face: his disrespectful remark was meant as a deliberate affront to the king; some passages in the… …
28Affront — Af·front [a frõː] der; s, s; ein Affront (gegen jemanden / etwas) geschr; eine schwere Beleidigung oder Verspottung <etwas als einen Affront empfinden>: Sein Benehmen war ein Affront gegen den Gastgeber …
29affront — af|front1 [əˈfrʌnt] v [T usually passive] formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: afronter, from Vulgar Latin affrontare to hit in the face , from Latin ad to + frons forehead ] to offend or insult someone, especially by not showing… …
30affront — [[t]əfrʌ̱nt[/t]] affronts, affronting, affronted 1) VERB If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it. [FORMAL] [V n] One recent example, which particularly affronted Kasparov, was at the European team championship in… …
