English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of Affront

affront

/noun/ अपमान; प्रत्यक्ष अपमान; निरादर; तिरस्कार;
/verb/अपमानित करना; तिरस्कार करना;

Synonym insult; disgracefulness; contempt; depreciate; hoot;

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English Dictionary:

1. Affront

[n.]

- An encounter either friendly or hostile.
- Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.
- An offense to one's self-respect; shame.

2. Affront

[v. t.]

- To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.
- To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.
- To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.