Explore Affront through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like insult or offend. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Affront meaning
- To insult intentionally, especially openly.
- To meet defiantly; to confront.
- To meet or encounter face to face.
Synonyms of Affront
Using Affront
- The main meaning on this page is: To insult intentionally, especially openly. | To meet defiantly; to confront. | To meet or encounter face to face.
- Useful related words include: insult, offend, bruise, injure.
- In the example corpus, affront often appears in combinations such as: affront to, an affront, direct affront.
Context around Affront
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 11 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Affront
- In this selection, "affront" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, direct, shameful and personal stand out and add context to how "affront" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as an affront to the and was an affront to the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "affront" sits close to words such as accumulates, admiralty and adventurers, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with affront
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And an affront to Trump is an affront to America. (10 words)
Those missed appointments were much more than a personal affront. (10 words)
For sovereign nations, being told to “take sides” is an affront. (11 words)
Personally, I’m offended by such an affront to common sense, which also butchers the beautiful English language as we know it, but I’ll do my best in this column to stick to these ludicrous wishes because it doesn’t really cause any harm. (45 words)
For that reason, Sotomayor called the court’s “recharacterization of Brown” not only a “revisionist history” but “an affront to the legendary life” of Justice Thurgood Marshall, the lawyer who led the Brown litigation. (34 words)
And they argue any pause in LNG export approvals would be an affront to European allies that relied on US natural gas to help displace Russian supplies after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
And an affront to Trump is an affront to America.
Beijing is strongly opposed to high-level US officials meeting with Taiwanese leaders as it views the contacts as an affront to the one-China policy.
Colum Eastwood has angrily denounced Britain’s ‘legacy bill’ as an ‘affront to democracy’ and urged Dublin to take the London to the European Court of Human Rights over the controversial legislation.
Comrade Solomon Lenu, convener of Ogoni Development Drive, ODD, in his assessment described the attitude of these lawmakers as a direct affront to the Rule of Law.
Following the precedent of the Hon. Minister’s previous swift approval before legal challenges were advanced as an affront by Opposition forces, one should expect no delay.
For sovereign nations, being told to “take sides” is an affront.
For that reason, Sotomayor called the court’s “recharacterization of Brown” not only a “revisionist history” but “an affront to the legendary life” of Justice Thurgood Marshall, the lawyer who led the Brown litigation.
However, the ruling BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) slammed the opposition for boycotting the event, calling it an affront to democracy.
In fact, gushing about your “Barbie pocket” is an affront to every woman who has overcome real sexism, domestic abuse, and other problems to go on to do great things.
Parts of the grounds are that the suit constituted a gross abuse of court process; statute barred and was an affront to the supremacy of the Supreme Court of Nigeria.
Personally, I’m offended by such an affront to common sense, which also butchers the beautiful English language as we know it, but I’ll do my best in this column to stick to these ludicrous wishes because it doesn’t really cause any harm.
That sentiment has been echoed by people from across the political spectrum who have correctly said the hate groups are an affront to our values and a threat to our general peace.
These actions of the Security Agencies are a direct affront on the rule of law and amounts to disregarding the Order of a competent Court of Law.
They want to keep it as an open sore, as an affront to the United Nations and as a weapon against Israel.
This malfeasance constitutes a shameful affront to the dignity of Yoruba tradition and culture and thus stand condemned”.
Those missed appointments were much more than a personal affront.
Which is saying a lot considering last year’s contest between the Colts and Broncos was an affront to the game of football itself.
WJC President Lauder to the report by noting that it does not just do a disservice to Israel and the Jewish people, but is “an affront to history and truth.
And they argue any pause in LNG export approvals would be an affront to European allies that relied on US natural gas to help displace Russian supplies after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Anything less is an affront to their intelligence and their rightful place within the Malaysian federation,” he said.
Common combinations with affront
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- affront to 70×
- an affront 68×
- direct affront 4×
- affront on 3×
- personal affront 3×
- affront at 3×
- and affront 2×
- complete affront 2×
- this affront 2×
- the affront 2×