affront

Plural: affronts

Noun

a deliberately offensive act or something producing the effect of deliberate disrespect
An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
A hostile encounter or meeting.

Verb

Verb Forms: affronted, affronting, affronts

To insult someone openly and intentionally.
treat, mention, or speak to rudely
To insult intentionally, especially openly.
To meet defiantly; to confront.
To meet or encounter face to face.

Examples

Blocking my triple word score was a deliberate attempt to affront me.
Such behavior is an affront to society.
to affront death

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English afrounten, from Old French afronter (“to defy”), from Vulgar Latin *affrontare (“to hit in the face”), from Latin ad (“to”) + frōns (“forehead”) (English front).

Synonyms

diss, insult

Scrabble Score: 13

affront: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
affront: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
affront: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

affront: valid Words With Friends Word