different between affront vs rile

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)

1. To insult intentionally, especially openly.
2. 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.

3. (obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:offend

Translations

Noun

affront (plural affronts)

1. An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
2. (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)

1. 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)

1. 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.

English

Etymology

From a dialectal pronunciation of roil.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a?l/
• Rhymes: -a?l

Verb

rile (third-person singular simple present riles, present participle riling, simple past and past participle riled)

1. to make angry
2. to stir or move from a state of calm or order

   Money problems rile the underpaid worker every day.

   Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really rile me.

   It riles me that she never closes the door after she leaves.

Synonyms

• aggravate
• anger
• annoy
• irritate
• vex

Derived terms

• rilesome

Translations

Derived terms

• to get riled up - to become angry

Anagrams

• Iler, Irel., Lier, Reil, Riel, lier, lire, riel

Spanish

Verb

rile

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of rilarse.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of rilarse.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of rilarse.