Affront and Blow

Affront

Affront noun - An act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings.

Blow and affront are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Blow" instead a noun "Affront".

Nearby Words: affronted, affronting

Blow

Blow noun - A hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument.

Affront and blow are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affront" instead a noun "Blow".

Nearby Words: blowup, blowout, blown, blowing, blower

Mutual synonyms

How words are described

direct direct affront direct blow
heavy heavy affront heavy blow
real real affront real blow
big big affront big blow
Other adjectives: serious, huge, personal, major, worst.

Common collocations

guy affront guy blow guy
Cite this Source
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