affront 音标拼音: [əfr'ʌnt]
v .
n . 侮辱,冒犯,当众侮辱;泰然面对
侮辱,冒犯,当众侮辱;泰然面对
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 .
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He would pocket the expense of the license .
--
Sterne .
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2 .
To take clandestinely or fraudulently .
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He pocketed pay in the names of men who had long been dead . --
Macaulay .
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{
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 .
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Affront \
Af *
front "\,
n . [
Cf .
F .
affront ,
fr .
affronter .]
1 .
An encounter either friendly or hostile . [
Obs .]
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I walked about ,
admired of all ,
and dreaded On hostile ground ,
none daring my affront . --
Milton .
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2 .
Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment ;
marked disrespect ;
a purposed indignity ;
insult .
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Offering an affront to our understanding . --
Addison .
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3 .
An offense to one '
s self -
respect ;
shame . --
Arbuthnot .
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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 .
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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 .]
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All the sea -
coasts do affront the Levant . --
Holland .
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That he ,
as '
t were by accident ,
may here Affront Ophelia . --
Shak .
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2 .
To face in defiance ;
to confront ;
as ,
to affront death ;
hence ,
to meet in hostile encounter . [
Archaic ]
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3 .
To offend by some manifestation of disrespect ;
to insult to the face by demeanor or language ;
to treat with marked incivility .
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How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius ? --
Addison .
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Syn :
To insult ;
abuse ;
outrage ;
wound ;
illtreat ;
slight ;
defy ;
offend ;
provoke ;
pique ;
nettle .
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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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