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資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.]

            All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant. --Holland.

            That he, as 't were by accident, may here Affront
            Ophelia.                              --Shak.

   2. To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death;
      hence, to meet in hostile encounter. [Archaic]

   3. To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult
      to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked
      incivility.

            How can any one imagine that the fathers would have
            dared to affront the wife of Aurelius? --Addison.

   Syn: To insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight;
        defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle.

資料來源 : WordNet®

affronted
     adj : treated with insolent and rude language especially openly
           and intentionally [syn: {insulted}]