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affront
English
Etymology
From Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to hit in the face”), from Latin ad (“to”) + fr?ns (“forehead”) (English front).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??f??nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Verb
affront (third-person singular simple present affronts, present participle affronting, simple past and past participle affronted)
- To insult intentionally, especially openly.
- To meet defiantly; to confront.
- to affront death
- 1978, Lawrence Durrell, Livia, Faber & Faber 1992 (Avignon Quintet), p. 436:
- Avignon was beginning to settle down for the night – that long painful stretch of time which must somehow be affronted.
- (obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:offend
Translations
Noun
affront (plural affronts)
- An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
- (obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:offense
Related terms
- effrontery
Translations
References
- “affront”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
French
Etymology
From Old French afront. Synchronically analysable as a deverbal of affronter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.f???/
Noun
affront m (plural affronts)
- affront, insult, snub
Derived terms
- afront
Descendants
- ? Polish: afront
- ? Romanian: afront
Further reading
- “affront” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- offrant
Scots
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??fr?nt/
Verb
affront (third-person singular present affronts, present participle affrontin, past affrontit, past participle affrontit)
- to affront; cause to feel ashamed; cause to blush; to humiliate (in front of others), to offend (not necessarily with intention)
References
- Eagle, Andy, ed. (2016) The Online Scots Dictionary, Scots Online.
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humiliate
English
Etymology
From Late Latin humiliatus, past participle of humiliare (“to abase, humble”), from Latin humilis (“lowly, humble”), from humus (“ground; earth, soil”); see humble.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hju??m?li?e?t/
Verb
humiliate (third-person singular simple present humiliates, present participle humiliating, simple past and past participle humiliated)
- (transitive) To injure the dignity and self-respect of.
- (transitive) To make humble; to lower in condition or status.
Synonyms
- debase
- demean
- disgrace
- humble
- mortify
- shame
- See also Thesaurus:abash
Antonyms
- dignify
- honor
Related terms
- humble
- humiliation
- humility
Translations
Further reading
- humiliate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- humiliate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /hu.mi.li?a?.te/, [h?m?li?ä?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /u.mi.li?a.te/, [umili???t??]
Verb
humili?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of humili?
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