Affront vs Insolence - What's the difference?
affront | insolence | Related terms |
To insult intentionally, especially openly.
* Addison
To meet defiantly; to confront.
* 1978 , (Lawrence Durrell), Livia'', Faber & Faber 1992 (''Avignon Quintet ), p. 436:
(obsolete) To meet or encounter face to face.
* Holland
* Shakespeare
An open or intentional offense, slight, or insult.
(obsolete) A hostile encounter or meeting.
Arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude.
* 5th century BCE, ,
Insolent conduct or treatment; insult.
* Fuller
(obsolete) The quality of being unusual or novel.
(obsolete) To insult.
Affront is a related term of insolence.
As nouns the difference between affront and insolence
is that affront is while insolence is arrogant conduct; insulting, bold behaviour or attitude.As a verb insolence is
(obsolete) to insult.affront
English
(wikipedia affront)Verb
(en verb)- How can anyone imagine that the fathers would have dared to affront the wife of Aurelius?
- to affront death
- Avignon was beginning to settle down for the night – that long painful stretch of time which must somehow be affronted .
- All the sea-coasts do affront the Levant.
- That he, as 'twere by accident, may here / Affront Ophelia.
Synonyms
* See alsoNoun
(en noun)- Such behavior is an affront to society.
Synonyms
* See alsoinsolence
English
Noun
- Wit is well-bred insolence .
- Loaded with fetters and insolences from the soldiers.
- (Spenser)
Derived terms
* insolencyVerb
(insolenc)- (Eikon Basilike)