Affront

imp. & p. p. Affronted; p. pr. & vb. n. Affronting

1. To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face. [Obs.]

   All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant.

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

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?

1. An encounter either friendly or hostile. [Obs.]

   I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded On hostile ground, none daring my affront.

2. Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.

   Offering an affront to our understanding.

3. An offense to one's self-respect; shame.

   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.

1. Face to face, or front to front; facing. (Her.)