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# affront

verb (affront, affronts, affronted, affronting) and noun (an affront, affronts)

«affront» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Verb: to insult someone openly, or to face something bravely and boldly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affront/#m1)
2. Noun: an open insult or rude act toward someone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affront/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, an insult to a person's honour, or a bold facing of danger

### Examples

- Do not affront these dangers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affront/#x1)
- The vizir hid the affront they had received. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affront/#x2)
- His rude words affronted the whole court. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affront/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «affront» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/affront/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«affront» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/affront.html) on Mova free.