Affront and Defiance

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

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

Nearby Words: affronted, affronting

Defiance noun - Refusal to obey.

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Affront and defiance are semantically related in disobedience topic. Sometimes you can use "Affront" instead a noun "Defiance".

Nearby Words: defiant, defied, defiantly

direct	direct affront	direct defiance
sheer	sheer affront	sheer defiance

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