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Cosa (chi) è Affront - definizione

EXPRESSION, STATEMENT (OR SOMETIMES BEHAVIOR) WHICH IS DISRESPECTFUL OR SCORNFUL
Insults; Affront; Backhanded compliment; Insulting; Backhanded complement; Putdown; Insulted; Putdowns; Put downs; Backhanded compliments; Asteism; Back-handed compliment; Left handed compliment; Back-handed compliments; Comeback (return insult); Comeback (retort); Slights; Left-handed compliment; Offended
  • Duke Karl]] Insulting the Corpse of [[Klaus Fleming]]'', [[Albert Edelfelt]], 1878. Fleming's wife [[Ebba Stenbock]] on the right.
  • A portion of [[Hippolyte Delaroche]]'s 1836 oil painting ''[[Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers]]''
  • The use of the [[V sign]] as an insult, combined with the upwards swing movement

affront         
I. v. a.
1.
Insult, abuse, outrage.
2.
Offend, displease, irritate, provoke, chafe, fret, vex, annoy, pique, nettle, anger, gall, miff (colloq.), give offence to, make angry, put to shame, confound, bring to confusion, put out of countenance, shame.
3.
Meet, strike upon, strike, come in contact with, smite, smite upon.
II. n.
1.
Insult, abuse, contumely, indignity, outrage, injury, wrong, ill-treatment, ill-turn.
2.
Provocation, offence, vexation, irritation, annoyance.
3.
Shame, disgrace, degradation, sense of shame.
affront         
¦ noun an action or remark that causes outrage or offence.
¦ verb offend the modesty or values of.
Origin
ME: from OFr. afronter 'to slap in the face, insult', based on L. ad frontem 'to the face'.
affront         
(affronts, affronting, affronted)
1.
If something affronts you, you feel insulted and hurt because of it. (FORMAL)
...an incident which particularly affronted Kasparov.
VERB: V n
affronted
He pretended to be affronted, but inwardly he was pleased...
ADJ: usu v-link ADJ
2.
If something is an affront to you, it is an obvious insult to you.
It's an affront to human dignity to keep someone alive like this...
= insult
N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N to n

Wikipedia

Insult

An insult is an expression or statement (or sometimes behavior) which is disrespectful or scornful. Insults may be intentional or accidental. An insult may be factual, but at the same time pejorative, such as the word "inbred".

Esempi dal corpus di testo per Affront
1. This may be because he sees it not only as an affront to his country but as an affront to the memory of his father.
2. "The president‘s feeling is one of serious affront," said Amir.
3. Banning such protests is an affront to the British people.
4. Children‘s rights need not be an affront to adult authority.
5. Accordingly, the Politburo regarded him as an affront.