Affront and Respect

Affront

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

Respect is an antonym for affront in topics: insult, insult or involve in entanglement.

Nearby Words: affronted, affronting

Respect

Respect noun - Relation to or concern with something specified.

Affront is an antonym for respect.

How words are described

sheer sheer affront sheer respect
real real affront real respect
serious serious affront serious respect
huge huge affront huge respect
Other adjectives: personal.

Common collocations

mother affront mother respect mother
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