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Affronter :: Affronter (n.) One who affronts, or insults to the face..

Insult :: Insult (v. t.) Gross abuse offered to another, either by word or act; an act or speech of insolence or contempt; an affront; an indignity..

Swallow :: Swallow (v. t.) To put up with; to bear patiently or without retaliation; as, to swallow an affront or insult..

Affronte :: Affronte (a.) Face to face, or front to front; facing..

Affrontedly :: Affrontedly (adv.) Shamelessly.

Resent :: Resent (v. t.) In a bad sense, to take ill; to consider as an injury or affront; to be indignant at..

Offence :: Offence (n.) The act of offending in any sense; esp., a crime or a sin, an affront or an injury..

Confronte :: Confronte (a.) Same as Affronte.

Affront :: Affront (n.) Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.

Take :: Take (v. t.) To bear without ill humor or resentment; to submit to; to tolerate; to endure; as, to take a joke; he will take an affront from no man..

Offend :: Offend (v. t.) To displease; to make angry; to affront.

Affrontee :: Affrontee (n.) One who receives an affront.

Affrontive :: Affrontive (a.) Tending to affront or offend; offensive; abusive.

Waspish :: Waspish (a.) Quick to resent a trifling affront; characterized by snappishness; irritable; irascible; petulant; snappish.

Affront :: Affront (v. t.) To face in defiance; to confront; as, to affront death; hence, to meet in hostile encounter..

Affrontiveness :: Affrontiveness (n.) The quality that gives an affront or offense.

Affronted :: Affronted (imp. & p. p.) of Affron.

Affront :: Affront (v. t.) To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.

Affront :: Affront (n.) An encounter either friendly or hostile.

Affronting :: Affronting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Affron.

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