affront
1 of 2verb/əˈfrʌnt/
Forms:affronts,affronting,affronted,affronted
1
to do or say something to purposely hurt or disrespect someone
C2transitive- Ignoring her at the party was a deliberate attempt to affront her.
- The sarcastic tone of his response did not go unnoticed and managed to affront his colleagues.
- He chose to affront his critics by making a dismissive remark during the interview.
- Refusing the invitation seemed to affront the host, who had gone through great effort to organize the event.