Affront and Profanity

Affront

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

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

Nearby Words: affronted, affronting

Profanity

Profanity noun - A disrespectful or indecent word or expression.

Affront and profanity are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Affront" instead a noun "Profanity".

Nearby Words: profane, profanation, profanely

How words are described

direct direct affront direct profanity
sheer sheer affront sheer profanity
heavy heavy affront heavy profanity
serious serious affront serious profanity
Other adjectives: horrible.
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