Part 232

<hw>Af*fright"ful</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Terrifying; frightful.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Af*fright"ful*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt> <mark>[Archaic]</mark></wordforms>

<blockquote>Bugbears or <b>affrightful</b> apparitions. <i>Cudworth.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Affrightment</h1> <Xpage=29>

<hw>Af*fright"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Affright; the state of being frightened; sudden fear or alarm.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Passionate words or blows . . . fill the child's mind with terror and <b>affrightment</b>. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Affront</h1> <Xpage=29>

<hw>Af*front"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Affronted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Affronting</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>afronter</ets>, F. <ets>affronter</ets>, to confront, LL. <ets>affrontare</ets> to strike against, fr. L. <ets>ad + frons</ets> forehead, front. See <er>Front</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To front; to face in position; to meet or encounter face to face.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>All the sea-coasts do <b>affront</b> the Levant. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>That he, as 't were by accident, may here <b>Affront</b> Ophelia. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To face in defiance; to confront; <as>as, to confront; <as>as, to <ex>affront</ex> death</as></as>; hence, to meet in hostile encounter.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To offend by some manifestation of disrespect; to insult to the face by demeanor or language; to treat with marked incivility.</def>

<blockquote>How can any one imagine that the fathers would have dared to <b>affront</b> the wife of Aurelius? <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- TO insult; abuse; outrage; wound; illtreat; slight; defy; offend; provoke; pique; nettle.</syn>

<h1>Affront</h1> <Xpage=29>

<hw>Af*front"</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>affront</ets>, fr. <ets>affronter</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An encounter either friendly or hostile.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>I walked about, admired of all, and dreaded On hostile ground, none daring my <b>affront</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Contemptuous or rude treatment which excites or justifies resentment; marked disrespect; a purposed indignity; insult.</def>

<blockquote>Offering an <b>affront</b> to our understanding. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An offense to one's self-respect; shame.</def>

<i>Arbuthnot.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- <er>Affront</er>, <er>Insult</er>, <er>Outrage</er>. An <i>affront</i> is a designed mark of disrespect, usually in the presence of others. An <i>insult</i> is a personal attack either by words or actions, designed to humiliate or degrade. An <i>outrage</i> is an act of extreme and violent insult or abuse. An <i>affront</i> piques and mortifies; an <i>insult</i> irritates and provokes; an <i>outrage</i> wounds and injures.

<blockquote>Captious persons construe every innocent freedom into an <b>affront</b>. When people are in a state of animosity, they seek opportunities of offering each other <b>insults</b>. Intoxication or violent passion impels men to the commission of <b>outrages</b>. <i>Crabb.</i></blockquote> </syn>

<h1>Affront\'82</h1> <Xpage=29>

<hw>Af*fron*t\'82"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>affront\'82</ets>, p. p.]</ety> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>Face to face, or front to front; facing.</def>

<h1>Affrontedly</h1> <Xpage=29>

<hw>Af*front"ed*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>Shamelessly.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Affrontee</h1> <Xpage=29>