Affront

af-frunt′, v.t. to meet face to face: to insult openly: ( Shak. ) to throw one's self in the way of.— n. contemptuous treatment: an open insult: disgrace.— adj. Affronté , fem. Affrontée , facing each other: ( her. ) of animals represented front to front, or expectant—opp. to Addorsed ; also looking frontwise, or toward the beholder.— p.adj. Affront′ed , insulted, offended.— adj. Affront′ive .— To put an affront upon , To offer an affront to = to openly insult a person. [O. Fr. a fronter —Low L. affrontāre —L. ad , to, front- , the forehead.]