英语词汇“affront”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

noun | verb

affrontaffront1 /əˈfrʌnt/ noun [countable usually singular]

ETYMOLOGYaffront¹

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French afronter, from Vulgar Latin affrontare to hit in the face, from Latin ad- to + frons forehead

a remark or action that offends or insults someone: affront to The comments were an affront to his pride. [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French afronter, from Vulgar Latin affrontare to hit in the face, from Latin ad- to + frons forehead]

noun | verb

affrontaffront2 verb [transitive usually passive] literary

VERB TABLE

affront

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	affront
	he, she, it	affronts
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	affronted
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have affronted
	he, she, it	has affronted
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had affronted
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will affront
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have affronted

to offend or insult someone, especially by not showing respect