affront
part of speech
verb (affront, affronts, affronted, affronting) and noun (an affront, affronts)
meaning for a pupil
1) Verb: to insult someone openly, or to face something bravely and boldly. tree →
2) Noun: an open insult or rude act toward someone. tree →
sense in the lessons
in stories, an insult to a person's honour, or a bold facing of danger
examples
- Do not affront these dangers. tree →
- The vizir hid the affront they had received. tree →
- His rude words affronted the whole court. tree →
note
nothing for maths
Trees and pragmatics
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