affront

affront /ə'frʌnt/
  • danh từ
    • sự lăng mạ, sự lăng nhục, sự sỉ nhục
      • to put an affront upon somebody; to offer an affront to somebody: lăng mạ ai, sỉ nhục ai
      • to pocket an affront without a word: thầm lặng mà nuốt nhục
  • ngoại động từ
    • lăng mạ, lăng nhục, sỉ nhục
    • làm nhục, làm xấu hổ, làm mất thể diện
    • đương đầu
      • to affront the danger: đương đầu với sự hiểm nguy

Xem thêm: insult, diss, insult



affront

Từ điển Collocation

affront noun

ADJ. personal

VERB + AFFRONT cause | regard/see/take sth as He took his son's desertion as a personal affront.

PREP. ~ to This remark caused affront to many people.

Từ điển WordNet

    n.

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

    turning his back on me was a deliberate insult

    v.

  • treat, mention, or speak to rudely; diss, insult

    He insulted her with his rude remarks

    the student who had betrayed his classmate was dissed by everyone

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

affronts|affronted|affronting
syn.: offense provocation